22-05-2025
Non-fatal strangulation offence would be a deterrent, mother says
The mother of a student who took her life after being subjected to choking by a former boyfriend has called for non-fatal strangulation to be made an offence.
Fiona Drouet made her plea to MSPs for a change in the law to deter offenders after the death of her daughter Emily.
The law student was 18 when she died in 2016. She had been subjected to abuse and violence by her former boyfriend, Angus Milligan. She took her life just after he visited her at her room in halls of residence.
Emily Drouet
Drouet read text messages to MSPs that her daughter, a fresher at Aberdeen University, had sent to friends, with the student saying about the abuse: 'I was so scared, I thought I
