Woman died in motorway bridge fall hours after seeing stalker ex-boyfriend. Domestic violence survivors stay for a million reasons. Janay Rice's is her own. Why did she stay?
How could she possibly marry him? They are questions that victims of abuse are – wrongly – expected to answer every day. They are the questions that Janay Rice (née Palmer) is being asked to answer, again, now that video has surfaced of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice delivering a blow to her head in a casino elevator in February that knocked her into a handrail and caused her to lose consciousness. When a less explicit video of the altercation’s aftermath leaked earlier this year, in which Rice was seen dragging his then-fiancée Palmer unconscious out of the elevator, a predictable narrative emerged: one that protects abusers at all costs; one that looks the other way; and one that blames the victim even when the awful truth is staring us in the face.
Because apparently an unconscious, beaten woman was not proof enough of abuse. So it was without great surprise this week that we saw Palmer being asked to explain herself and her actions. I have my story, too. Jail for jilted thug who set fire to house in Tettenhall. A violent thug, who punched and kicked his former girlfriend before setting fire to her house, has been jailed for six years and four months.
Jason Cumberbatch was warned by a judge that he would be locked up for life if he ever committed a similar crime again. The 29-year-old was already on licence - having served two-and-a-half years of a nine-year sentence for stabbing another ex-partner - when he attacked Bronwen James at her home in Tettenhall, Wolverhampton. At the city’s crown court, Mr Thomas Schofield, prosecuting, said the pair formed a relationship after meeting on the internet, but Cumberbatch soon became demanding and aggressive. Mr Schofield said that violence flared after Miss James decided to end the relationship on March 17. “He reacted violently to that,” said Mr Schofield. Witter / ? Avoiding cyberstalking: How to stay safe online. Stalking and harassment have always existed, but this sinister behaviour has moved into the virtual too. 'Cyberstalking' now appears to be becoming more common, with a man today sentenced over the crime for the first time in a British court.
The consequence could be having malicious information about you posted online, receiving direct threats, being impersonated, having your online accounts taken over or – in extreme cases like this – webcam hacking. Being targeted in such a personal way, whether the ‘cyberstalker’ is someone a victim knows or a complete stranger, can be a horrendous experience. Internet safety experts Get Safe Online have offered some tips on what can be done to reduce the risk to you and your family. More information and advice on how to avoid this type of online crime is available on the Get Safe Online website. Body Language of the Hands. “Among all species, our human hands are unique -- not only in what they can accomplish, but also in how they communicate.
Human hands can paint the Sistine Chapel, pluck a guitar, maneuver surgical instruments, chisel a David, forge steel, and write poetry. They can grasp, scratch, poke, punch, feel, sense, evaluate, hold and mold the world around us. Our hands are extremely expressive; they can sign for the deaf, help tell a story, or reveal our innermost thoughts.” (“ What Every Body is Saying , ” Harper Collins) No other species has appendages with such a remarkable range of capabilities.
Ryan Dey drove ex-girlfriend to suicide. Mother of ex-partner says Ryan Dey was 'evil bully and coward who put my daughter through hell' The devastated mother of a beautiful woman who took her own life after being plagued and terrorised by an ex-boyfriend has branded the stalker an evil, cowardly bully.
Kamaljit Sidhu, who spent her last days living in fear, leapt from an M6 bridge, near Great Barr, after being subjected to a campaign of hate by jilted Ryan Dey, a man who simply refused to believe they had no future together. She wrote a final message on a demoisturising bottle. Lorry driver Dey threatened Kamaljit, contacted her friends, trawled Birmingam in a bid to find her and “cruelly exploited her secrets and vulnerabilites” on Facebook. At Birmingham Crown Court, the Oldbury 23-year-old admitted stalking Kamaljit and was yesterday jailed for two years. After the harrowing case, mum Sarbjit Sidhu said: “Does Ryan Dey really realise the damage he has inflicted on my beloved Kam, me and my family?
National Stalking Awareness Day: 10 unsettling facts which show how important it is - Health & Families - Life & Style. Campaigners have today launched a campaign called 'Working Without Fear' in a bid to demonstrate how many people are stalked by people working in their own office.
Increasingly, social media is making it easier than ever for stalkers to track their victims. However for hundreds of people it isn't Twitter and Facebook that enable their stalkers. My wife was murdered by a 'monster' – but most perpetrators of violence are normal men. One of the most disturbing moments of the past 18 months of my life was hearing my wife’s killer form a coherent sentence in court.
Jill had been murdered almost six months earlier, and Adrian Bayley’s defence team were presenting a rather feeble case for a four-week adjournment of his committal hearing. Bayley appeared via video link in the Melbourne court as I sat flanked by two friends and a detective. The screen was to my right, mounted high up and tilted slightly towards the bench.
It was uncomfortably silent apart from the occasional paper shuffle or short flurry of keyboard clicks. Bayley’s face appeared on the big-screen TV, looming over my seat. The judge asked Bayley whether he could he see the courtroom. I had formed an image that this man was not human – he existed as a singular force of pure evil who somehow emerged from the ether. Three days after Jill’s body was found, 30,000 people marched respectfully down Sydney Road. . • are perpetrated and suffered in silence, and. Maureen Messent on domestic abuse against women - Maureen Messent. The women who allow themselves to be used as punch bags are often their own worst enemies.
Battered women are Britain’s holy cows, never to be held accountable for staying with brutal men, never to be told the harm done to children who watch these beatings. Now we’ve had an inevitable guest appearance of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (in sackcloth and ashes) to apologise that our police forces are failing to protect women from their assailants.
This is less than fair. Shocking-video-shows-a-victim-of-domestic-violence-through-the-eyes-of-google-glass-9228218. The video, produced by London’s Banjo Eye Films, follows a woman as she wakes up and sets about her day through the eyes of her Google Glass.
Upbeat music accompanies scenes showing her waking up, going to a bookshop, meeting a friend for coffee and walking back to her home. Once inside the house, the music is switched off and the woman is confronted with her angry husband who proceeds to beat her in graphic scenes before dragging her out of the view by her hair. The dramatisation culminates with the tagline: "Despite all our progress, women see this every day. Think about it. " The video was produced to coincide with International Women's Day to raise awareness of women who experience domestic abuse.
It has garnered over 1.5 million views since it was posted less than a month ago along with the hashtag #throughglass. Its creators said: "Woman's Day #throughglass" is a project whose only purpose is to make people think, on this special day, about the condition of women in our society. Her Husband's Abuse Once Kept Her Behind Closed Doors. Now She's Speaking Out, Loud And Clear. NEWSNIGHT: Domestic abusers and victims speak. If A Man Asks What Women Have Been Asking For Centuries, Will Men Finally Listen?
Clare's law to be extended nationwide. A pilot scheme to protect women from domestic violence will be extended nationwide.
Clare's law was trialled for 12 months from September 2012 to allow women to check police records to see if a partner has a violent past. It was named after Clare Wood, 36, who was murdered by her former boyfriend George Appleton at her home in Salford in February 2009. The mother of one had met Appleton on Facebook, unaware of his history of violence against women including repeated harassment, threats and the knifepoint kidnapping of a previous girlfriend. The law is expected to take effect from March. The home secretary, Theresa May, told the Sun that 88 women were killed by a violent partner or former partner last year, adding that there was confusion about when or if police could share information on someone's violent past with the public.
Leslie Morgan Steiner: Why domestic violence victims don't leave. Working with men experiencing violence or abuse in their intimate relationship. Men also experience family and domestic violence.
People in varied professional roles, but most often in the health or counselling professions, are those most likely to be sought out by men experiencing violence or abuse in their intimate relationship. For these men, their experience of this behaviour in their intimate relationship can be complex, confusing and difficult to understand. Their options to address this part of their lives can at first seem limited, particularly when the behaviour has been longstanding or where there are others involved such as children or other family members. Men in this situation may perceive their problems as caused by weakness or not being able to stand up for themselves – which is not the case – and may be hesitant about trusting someone else with their problem. But often these men do approach someone they trust or have an existing professional relationship with to ‘sound them out’. Your role will be critical in: The man may: Safety Support and resources.
Male Domestic Violence Awareness Week - NCDV. Domestic Abuse. Day-of-the-girl-a-survivors-journey-after-female-genital-mutilation-8874232. The day I was cut, in Somalia, I had no idea what was about to happen. When I woke up there were so many people in the house I thought we were celebrating something. But it wasn’t my birthday. The neighbour’s daughter turned to me and said “You must be really looking forward to this”. As she spoke I heard my sister screaming. It was an out of body experience; this girl was saying I was going to be cut and I thought, that’s not right, but I was in shock. I was pinned onto the table by four women.
After you're cut you're given presents, chocolates, sweets – me and my sister actually got gold watches. FGM is a form of identity. People need to be educated. Our focus now must be on prevention. When I started counseling survivors of FGM, I made an assumption that all women would have the same story, but I actually don't know two similar accounts. Victoria Derbyshire on domestic violence 'treatment' programme: Is there a cure for violence towards partners? - Victoria Derbyshire. For BBC Radio Five Live I met four men from very different backgrounds to talk about why they were violent to partners. Stare Into Her Eyes — Now Watch One Year In An Abusive Relationship Happen In One Minute.