Young women more likely to suffer partner abuse than older age groups
Girls and women in their late teens and early twenties are significantly more likely to suffer abuse at the hands of a current or former partner than those in older
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Tag: Domestic Abuse / Violence
Acid attacker Berlinah Wallace branded ‘pure evil’ as she is jailed for 12 years
A fashion student who poured sulphuric acid over her former partner’s face after he left her for another woman has been jailed for at least 12 years. Berlinah Wallace, 48,
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Woman found guilty of acid attack on former partner who died by euthanasia
A fashion student has been acquitted of murdering her former partner who died by euthanasia after she threw acid over him as he lay sleeping. Berlinah Wallace, 48, meticulously researched
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Drug user who killed girlfriend and chopped up her body jailed for 28 years
A drug user who brutally murdered his partner by beating her to death with a metal pole before “obliterating” her remains and disposing of them in bins and a toilet
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Teenager suffered physical abuse in parents’ bid for forced marriage, courts told
A 19-year-old woman had to endure “physical abuse” as her parents attempted to force her to marry her first cousin and have a baby with him, a court has heard.
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New initiative will see victims of stalking being alerted when offenders are nearby
Stalkers could be made to wear electronic tags and their victims would receive message alerts when offenders are nearby, police have said. The new initiatives were unveiled for London as
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Drug user convicted of murdering girlfriend whose body he chopped up
A drug user who claimed his girlfriend was alive and living in South Africa after he beat her to death and then chopped up her body and disposed of it
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West Sussex man jailed for ammonia attack and sexual assault on ex-partner
A 26-year-old man who sprayed ammonia in the eyes of his ex-partner and then drove her around for hours prolonging her agony has been given a 14-year sentence. Matthew Johnson,
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MP warns domestic abuse victims face huge rent arrears on Universal Credit
Victims of domestic violence who claim Universal Credit can find themselves in thousands of pounds of rent arrears if their abuser leaves their home and the payment is split, an
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Bill to protect tenancy of domestic violence victims backed by MPs
New laws to ensure victims of domestic violence will have access to social housing when they flee their abuser have been backed by MPs. The Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic
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