Swinney announces GPS tracking for domestic abuse suspects on bail

Families of women killed by male violence and survivors met with Scottish First Minister John Swinney at Holyrood on Tuesday, pressing for urgent reforms to the justice system. Following the summit, Swinney announced in Parliament that individuals accused of domestic abuse will be GPS-tracked while on bail, starting with a pilot in Tayside and Fife in 2027. The announcement came after Sean Hunter, brother of Stacy Hunter who was murdered in July, told the meeting the government was "absolutely not" doing enough. Stacy Hunter was killed by her estranged husband, Jim Mair, weeks after he was released on bail for assaulting her. "If this had been committed by somebody to a stranger in the middle of the street... I don't think they would have been released the next day," Hunter said. Swinney told MSPs he felt a personal urgency to act, stating, "It is men who commit this violence, it is men whose behaviour needs to change." He also pledged to bring forward laws that could empower the Crown to issue non-harassment orders and to make the £2 million Fund to Leave permanent. Survivors at the meeting described systemic failures.