Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llwyd led a major cross-party push yesterday for all types of domestic violence to be made a criminal offence.
Currently criminal proceedings are focused on finding physical evidence of violent crimes committed against domestic abuse victims.
Mr Llwyd introduced a Bill providing that a person could be found guilty of an offence if they display any behaviour which is covered by the government’s updated definition of domestic violence.


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