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Death of Doreen Langham in fatal Browns Plains fire sparks calls for greater domestic violence reforms

The death of Doreen Langham in a Browns Plains fire deemed to be “suspicious” has sparked calls for more to be done to stamp out the scourge of domestic violence.
Key points:
- Doreen Langham and her former partner were found dead after the blaze
- Police are treating it as suspicious and believe it was deliberately lit
- Advocates say she did everything to protect herself
Police found the 49-year-old’s body in the charred wreckage of her townhouse, south of Brisbane, alongside her ex-partner Gary Hely.
The blaze, which police believe was deliberately lit, engulfed the home on Moyla Street in the early hours of Monday morning.
Authorities have since revealed police had attended the townhouse “after midnight” following a call Ms Langham made to…
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