People ask why victims stay.
Sometimes the answer is standing in the stable.
Sleeping in the kitchen.
Waiting in the field.
My latest article is about coercive control, animal abuse, and what happens when leaving means leaving the animals behind.
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It’s live.
My book is now on Amazon:
No One Should Wait A Lifetime To Be Believed
Domestic Abuse in Later Life
I want this book to reach the people who need it most — survivors, families, and professionals.
Because no one should spend a lifetime waiting to be believed.
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In later life that number becomes even more complex. Fifty years of shared life, financial dependency, health needs and generational silence compound every attempt. The barriers are decades deep. Which makes the question even more important to stop asking.
I write about the survivors nobody sees.
Older victims. Rural communities. Equestrian and farming families. The people domestic abuse services were never built for.
Qualified IDVA and ISVA. My book is now on Amazon. thebridlepath.co.uk
A landmark moment for domestic abuse justice. Lee Milne is the first person in Britain to be convicted by a jury of killing an ex-partner after prolonged domestic abuse, despite not physically causing her death. Kimberly, 28, took her life after years of abuse. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...