Brown: Never any justification for domestic abuse

12.01.00am GMT Wed 10th Mar 2010

More than 2,000 people were arrested during a two-month crackdown on domestic violence, Scotland's biggest police force said today. During an eight-week campaign, Strathclyde Police officers attended 3,961 incidents of domestic abuse, though that was a 24% drop in the number of such incidents reported to police in the same two-month period a year ago. Commenting, Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesman Robert Brown said:

“It is deplorable that domestic abuse is still so frequently tolerated in Scotland.

“The damage done to individuals, families and often children who are innocent bystanders or victims to these events, is enormous.

“I welcome the police targeted crackdown on domestic violence. Indeed, we want to see a true zero tolerance approach to this problem.

“Officers at Strathclyde police have done some great work done during their recent two month crackdown in an effort to tackle this challenge.

“The fact that there was a drop in the number of such incidents from this time last year shows that progress is being made - but it must not be forgotten that much still has to be done.

“There is never any justification or excuse for domestic violence.”