Brave domestic violence survivor takes the law into her own hands

When Hannah Clarke s estranged husband murdered her and their three young children in Brisbane in February it was unthinkable to most Australians that someone could be that evil Or brutal He doused his family in petrol and set them alight The crime highlighted the danger and complexity of domestic violence as does Jacqui Barker s story She s the victim of frightening abuse which was compounded because police refused to prosecute the man who splashed her with petrol and threatened to light it But she didn t give up Jacqui bravely fought back by launching a private criminal prosecution against her ex-partner

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