Lina Balbuena, a 48-year old mother of four, was murdered on February 9th this year by her ex-partner. On January 21st she applied for a restraining order against her ex, identified only as “Augustine”, which was denied. The judge in a specialist gender violence court in Benalmadena, Spain, ruled in line with the VioGén algorithm that she faced only medium risk. Lina intended to change the locks in her home so Augustine could not enter, however at around 5am on February 9th he did so. Their 11-year-old son walked in and found Augustine strangling Lina, having punched and stabbed her, and attempted to hang her from the ceiling – believed…