Woman’s death after police visit raises agonising questions about response

Wednesday February 24, 2021

The death of Doreen Langham in a Browns Plains fire police that have deemed “suspicious” has prompted calls for domestic violence reform.

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 Langham made to police on Sunday evening.

Police said…

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