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…