CAMERON BACKING FOR CLARE'S LAW
David Cameron has promised to do more to back up Clare's Law with support from the police and probation services.
The Prime Minister said the introduction of the scheme, which allows people to find out if their partner has a history of domestic violence, had made a "real difference".
Speaking in the Commons during Prime Minister's Questions, he said: "I'm proud of the fact that it has now been rolled out across the country."
But he insisted: "We need to do more with the police and probation service and the prison service to make sure that more warnings are given in more cases."
He was responding to a question from Tory MP Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen), who raised the case of 40-year-old mother Cherylee Shennan.
In March, she was murdered by Paul O'Hara while he was out on licence having killed his former partner in 1998. He had only been out on life licence 23 months after serving 14 years behind bars for the murder of Janine Waterworth.
Mr Berry said: "The introduction of Clare's Law, or the right to know, to find out if your partner has a history of violence, and in this case she did know this history of violence, must be backed up by support by both the police and the probation service so those in this situation know of the potential dangers they face, so we will not see another tragedy like the death of Cherylee."
