The family of a murdered schoolgirl says the government has told them it plans to create a new law defining teenage abusive relationships – because of their campaigning.
Micala and Lee Trussler met the Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls minister Satvir Kaur at the Home Office in London on Monday, where they were given an outline of the plans.
Their daughter, Holly Newton, was 15 when she was stabbed to death in an alleyway in Hexham in January 2023.
She was killed by her ex-boyfriend Logan MacPhail, who was 16 at the time and could not accept the relationship was over. He had been controlling and stalked Holly in the run up to her death.
Police recorded her murder as knife crime because the law does not recognise those under 16 as victims of domestic violence.
This is something her mum and stepdad, Micala and Lee Trussler, have been campaigning to change.