‘Dozens of women imprisoned for murdering their partners after violent, abusive relationships will seek to overturn their convictions, lawyers have said, after a wife jailed for bludgeoning her husband to death with a hammer won her appeal to secure a retrial.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2019
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‘A woman who bludgeoned her husband to death with a hammer is set to challenge her murder conviction in what is being described as a landmark case.’
BBC News, 27th February 2019
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‘Anthony Gold’s Victoria Brown looks at cases in which the court will decide to remove parental responsibility from a father as they are exceptional.’
Family Law, 31st January 2019
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Non-physical and economic abuse are to be included in the first legal definition of domestic abuse as part of a landmark overhaul of the law.’
BBC News, 21st January 2019
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‘Natalie Curtis decided to leave her husband when he marched her to a pawn shop to sell her wedding and engagement ring.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2019
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‘Figures for the first two-and-a-half years of a new law on coercive and controlling behaviour show the majority of cases were dropped without a charge.’
BBC News, 4th December 2018
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‘GPs and teachers should be trained to spot signs of controlling and coercive behaviour, an investigation into the murder of a mother and daughter has recommended.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Coercive abuse became a criminal offence under the Serious Crimes Act in 2015. We define coercive abuse as the act of coercive or controlling behaviour in an intimate or family relationship.’
Family Law, 25th September 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A man who banned his girlfriend from using Snapchat and controlled her use of Facebook has been jailed for his psychological abuse after a relationship that lasted less than a month’
Daily Telegraph, 1st August 2018
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‘A husband who regularly beat his wife and kept her locked indoors during their 16-year marriage has been jailed.’
BBC News, 19th June 2018
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‘A woman who controlled her partner’s life, scalding him with boiling water and stabbing him, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 16th April 2018
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‘A university graduate is believed to be the first woman convicted under new domestic abuse laws after scalding her boyfriend with boiling water, stabbing him and keeping food from him.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who physically and mentally abused his girlfriend before she took her own life has been jailed for controlling and coercive behaviour.’
BBC News, 26th March 2018
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‘A husband who murdered a popular primary school teacher after she confronted him about making indecent images has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An MP is to try to introduce a law to create a register of those convicted of domestic violence and make police warn new partners of a repeated offender’s violent past.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man whose campaign of threats and harassment caused his former partner to kill herself has been jailed for manslaughter.’
The Guardian, 28th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two brothers have been jailed after they kept their mother and sister as slaves.’
The Independent, 13th June 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Front-line police officers dealing with domestic abuse incidents are being trained to spot the signs of coercive or controlling behaviour. Research for the College of Policing suggested that officers were focusing on cases involving violence and overlooking other risk factors. Three unnamed police forces in England and Wales are taking part in a pilot scheme following the study.’
BBC News, 21st September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Cleveland man has today been sentenced in what is believed to be the North East’s first prosecution for the new criminal offence of controlling and coercive behaviour.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th June 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Sam Williams has been sentenced for offences including controlling or coercive behaviour’
Crown Prosecution Service, 27th April 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
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