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In domestic abuse crackdown, UK law targets ‘horrendous’ strangling attacks

In domestic abuse crackdown, UK law targets ‘horrendous’ strangling attacks

EMMA BATHA  DOMESTIC abusers who attack their partners by throttling them could face up to seven years in jail under a new law to make non-fatal strangulation a specific offence in England and Wales, the government confirmed on Monday. The law will close a loophole that often lets abusers escape justice for choking attacks - which can cause brain damage, strokes and other serious injury - and comes amid fears domestic violence could surge during Britain's third COVID-19 lockdown. "I've heard too many terrible stories of women being throttled only to see their abusers get off with a slap on…
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