Domestic violence during the Covid-19 lockdown
Working with men who carry out domestic violence, LUKE DANIELS sounds the alarm on the spike in cases as couples are forced indoors due to the pandemic
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ACTIVISTS warned that there would be an increase of domestic violence with the lockdown.
None could have predicted it would be this bad, with a jump from two to five women killed every week since the lockdown began.
Refuge, the largest domestic abuse charity, reported a 700 per cent increase in calls to its helpline, and a 25 per cent increase to a separate helpline for perpetrators seeking help.
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