โ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต โ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐
๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ผ.โ
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As a child, โKatyโ was forced to visit her father in prison after he killed her mother. Years later, she says simply driving down the same roads still brings back the fear.
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Today (13th May 2026) on BBC Radio 4, her story laid bare the lifelong trauma many children affected by parental domestic homicide are left to carry โ often without the protection, understanding, or support they need.
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A new report is now calling for urgent reform across the UK and Ireland, warning that childrenโs voices are too often ignored in decisions about contact, care, and recovery after domestic homicide.
No child should be forced to carry trauma alone. No child should feel unheard in decisions about their own safety.
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Thank you to BBC Radio 4 Woman’s hour for creating space for this important conversation, with Sarah Burrows from Children Heard and Seen and Professor John Devaney discussing why a child-centred, trauma-informed response is urgently needed.
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