Warning signs of domestic homicide are clear, so why can’t the justice system act on them?

Darian Henderson-Bellman, a 25-year-old woman, was Peel’s latest homicide victim failed by this broken system. On July 28, she was found fatally shot inside the Brampton home of her on-again-off-again boyfriend Darnell Reid. He has since been charged with second degree murder after being found in the home suffering from gunshot wounds, a suspected suicide attempt. He was taken to hospital in critical condition. The pair had been in a turbulent relationship for about three years.

Hundreds of women in Ontario have lost their lives at the hands of abusive partners over the last 15 years, the majority while they were trying to break away.

Studies have shown that most men who commit domestic assault will do it again and again. So why can’t the courts keep them behind bars, and protect women like Darian Henderson-Bellman, who was tragically failed by the system?

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Published in The Pointer Brampton and The Pointer Mississauga on August 16, 2020