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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harriette Boucher

‘My girlfriend attacked me with scissors and carved her name into my ribs’: Young people call for domestic abuse laws to include under-16s

When he finally decided to seek justice for the abuse he had suffered at the hands of his girlfriend for more than a year, James Stephen* realised the law viewed him to be too young to be a victim of domestic abuse.

The then-15-year-old was physically and mentally abused to the point where his mental health had completely deteriorated and he was struggling in school.

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