Despite Broadhurst's claims that she consented to the 40 injuries she sustained, he failed to call upon emergency services to treat her thus resulting in her bleeding to death.
[3] When the trial commenced at the Crown Court at Birmingham in November 2018, John Broadhurst was accused of murdering and causing grievous bodily harm 'with intent' to Natalie Connolly, who was 26 when she died.
In December 2018, Fiona Mackenzie founded the We Can't Consent To This campaign after discovering the case of Natalie Connolly.
[10] In an interview, Mackenzie was astonished to hear that despite many disapproving of the verdict, there were several others accepting it as they "somehow believed it, saw it as a weird one-off and thought the victim must be to blame for the riskiness of her behaviour.
"[13] On 6 July 2020, MPs voted in favour of the Domestic Abuse Bill, which included a provision against the 'rough sex' murder defence.