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Bullying husbands who make their partners' lives a misery through emotional insults face up to 14 years in prison under a new crackdown on domestic abuse, Theresa May is expected to announce.
The Home Secretary is considering new powers which will put psychological abuse on a par with physical violence in the home, it was reported today.
Partners who use controlling behaviour, as well as violence, to subject their partners to a life of misery could be convicted of 'coercive control'.
Earlier this year a Labour frontbench MP suggested that husbands who constantly criticise their wives over their weight or appearance may be guilty of domestic abuse.
I wonder if this law covers both sexes.
Bullying husbands who make their partners' lives a misery through emotional insults face up to 14 years in prison under a new crackdown on domestic abuse, Theresa May is expected to announce.
The Home Secretary is considering new powers which will put psychological abuse on a par with physical violence in the home, it was reported today.
Partners who use controlling behaviour, as well as violence, to subject their partners to a life of misery could be convicted of 'coercive control'.
Earlier this year a Labour frontbench MP suggested that husbands who constantly criticise their wives over their weight or appearance may be guilty of domestic abuse.
I wonder if this law covers both sexes.