JOHN Swinney yesterday promised the SNP would give “serious consideration” to creating a new specific criminal offence for non-fatal strangulation – as he blasted the behaviour of Scotland’s men and boys.
The First Minister was urged by Nats backbencher Michelle Thomson to do so after Fiona Drouet, whose daughter Emily took her life while at university after suffering abuse, launched a petition calling for such a change.
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The First Minister will consider the new lawCredit: Getty
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