Evil In Your Home domestic violence campaign: Dannielle Finlay-Jones family back action

Dannielle Finlay-Jones was found dead at a friend’s home in Western Sydney last year, allegedly strangled by the new boyfriend she met online. Her family live with her absence every day.

The family of a Sydney teacher killed in a Western Sydney home last year have thrown their support behind anything that better protects victims of domestic violence.

Dannielle Finlay-Jones was found dead at a friend’s home in Western Sydney in December last year.

Police allege she was strangled to death by the new boyfriend she met online.

Ashley Gaddie, 33, was ­arrested after a 12-hour stand-off with police in the Blue Mountains in the following days.

He has been charged with murder. Police allege he climbed out the window of the Cranebrook house he was staying at with Ms Finlay-Jones.

Cranebrook murder victim Danielle Finlay-Jones.

Charged with murder... Ashley Gaddie.

This week, Ms Finlay-Jones’s mother Jacky said that while the matter was before the court, preventing her from talking about her daughter’s death, she welcomed the NSW Police Commissioner’s pledge to do everything she can to protect vulnerable victims.

She said her family “fully supports any changes to legislation” and “tightening of checks when joining a dating app” that could result in the “safety of victims or potential victims of domestic violence both non-intimate and ­intimate”.

Ms Finlay-Jones, a much loved educator and soccer player, is one of 15 women, men and children in NSW to die this year in an alleged domestic ­violence incident.

This week the trail of devastation stretched to Lebanon. NSW police had to deliver the phone call that every parent dreads. They dealt the devastating news to the family of mother-of-three Amira Moghnieh who died on Wednesday, allegedly at the hands of her estranged husband.

Police sources revealed the 30-year-old had separated from Ahmad Hodroj, 36, the man charged over her death, some 12 months earlier.

It is understood she had gone to Hodroj’s home as part of a custody arrangement, when she was allegedly ­murdered. Her family were yesterday too distressed to speak publicly, still struggling to come to terms with the tragedy a world away.

Police sources say there was no history of domestic violence between the couple, who had been in a relationship for 10 years.

The Evil In Our Home campaign aims to stamp out domestic violence.

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb exclusively told The Saturday Telegraph she would work with police and external organisations and experts and do everything to deliver solutions to the community-wide challenge.

On Sunday the Telegraph’s Evil In Our Homes campaign will share the story of a woman who spent 18 years in an abusive relationship and has “come out the other side”.

“When you live with a monster who people on the outside see as a charming, engaging member of society, it can feel impossible to escape,” survivor Catalina exclusively reveals.

“The system needs to change to protect the person being abused, the children who witness domestic violence and so many other people.”