29/12/2016 Points West


29/12/2016

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A woman has described a new law which protects the victims

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Mandy Scrivens from South Cerney suffered

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terrible emotional abuse, for 12 years.

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The legislation about coercive control came into force exactly

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a year ago today and, because of it, Mandy's ex-partner is now in prison.

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She has been speaking exclusively to our reporter, Laura Jones.

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Looking forward to a brighter New Year

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For Mandy and her four children, it is a fresh start,

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away from her abusive and violent ex-partner.

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So, Zac was about four and Lee smashed the door on Zac,

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because he was so angry. He hurt Zac.

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He would sometimes pick up Leon and throw him

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at the top of the stairs. He is very scary.

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He would not even have to touch you for you to be terrified.

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His language and his body language. He is just so big.

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Although Mandy's former partner was a very angry man,

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he was also extremely emotionally abusive, controlling

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every detail of Mandy and the children's lives.

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It took years, and many attempts, before she finally

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The thing with the control thing is that

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they get in your head and convince you that you would never be able

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to have another partner. I am actually struggling.

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I struggle with relationships. He said that I could

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never cope and look after the children by myself.

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I would never have any money and all that sort of stuff.

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I never had a car. He used to take the car.

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I couldn't have a car, because he put it in his name.

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Christmas and New Year can be a difficult, and often dangerous,

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time of year for those living with domestic abuse.

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But this year, for the first time, something has changed.

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It means the sort of behaviour Mandy is describing

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That new law is called the Coercive Control Act

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and it is because of it that Mandy's ex, Lee Coleman,

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is now serving three years in prison for his bullying and

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It is a good result for Gloucestershire Police,

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but investigating this sort of activity is tough.

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It is a very different matter for the police

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to understand and get their heads round, really.

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We turn up to deal with someone who has been assaulted

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If there is an injury, we can record it and ask who did it.

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It is relatively straightforward and we can deal with that acute

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But it is much more challenging when someone says they are living

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I'm being controlled, he gives me no money, controls

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who I see and is watching me on the comnputer.

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That involves a whole new array of investigating techniques.

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It is much more challenging and much more time-consuming.

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It is quality time we need to invest in.

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It has been a tremendously difficult year for Mandy, but she is

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determined to put the past behind her and to focus on the future.

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By speaking out, she is hoping to help others in similar situations

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A man charged with the murder of his baby daughter in Bristol

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on Christmas Day has made his first appearance in court.

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Britton Gardens, in Kingswood, where six-month-old Aya Parker died

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on Christmas morning. Police and paramedics were called

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here in the early hours, but could not revive her.

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Aya's death was treated as unexplained, at first,

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until the results of a postmortem examination.

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Her father, 33-year-old Lee Parker, was arrested.

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Yesterday, he was charged and, today, he was in court.

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Lee Parker's appearance here at Bristol Magistrates' Court

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He confirmed his date of birth and his address.

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He was told that he had been charged with the murder

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of his baby daughter and that his case would be taken

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Because of the Christmas break there, in practice,

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that means he will be back here tomorrow morning,

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Andy Howard, BBC Points West in Bristol.

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A man jailed for leaving bacon at a Bristol mosque

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has died in prison. Kevin Crehan, who was

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35 and from Knowle, was given a 12-month

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It followed an incident in which rashers of bacon

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were placed on mosque door handles in Totterdown.

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We understand there were no suspicious circumstances

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An appeal to build a new base for Weston-Super-Mare's

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lifeboat station has raised more than ?500,000.

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The organisation has being trying to find a permanent home

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12 possible sites have been rejected, but the RNLI says it hopes

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to make an announcement in the New Year.

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Now with a look at the weather across the West

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Hello and a very good evening to you.

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As we head into tomorrow, there will be much more cloud around,

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That said, it should be a dry day or, at least, mostly a dry day.

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The risk of seeing some fog around in the morning and some frost

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will be reduced compared to, for example, this morning.

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Temperatures will get down to freezing, or just below freezing,

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in many parts of the countryside. Not so, everywhere, you will note.

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Indeed, by tomorrow morning, some areas of fog of

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will be much more reduced in scope, compared to some recent mornings,

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and we will have, largely, a lot of cloud around

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Some brighter spells, most certainly.

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Possibly, the odd spot of drizzle over the likes of Exmoor,

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maybe at times also into the Bristol Channel.

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But on the whole, overwhelmingly dry.

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Temperatures up compared to the last couple of days.

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It is not going to feel that much milder,

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not least with all the cloud cover around.

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As we head through into Saturday, the brisk wind developing and mean

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developing into the early hours of New Year's Day. Also, tunnelling

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much colder. We are back with bulletins on BBC breakfast from 625.

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Good evening. Hello. Fold and frost has been a

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feature of the weather in recent mornings in England and Wales,

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producing a wintry scene with Frost in Oxfordshire this morning. In

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Highland Scotland, a completely different story. Thank you to our

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weather watchers for the photos. Snow on the hills but temperatures

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reaching double figures as the wind picked up and the weather systems

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knocking on the door. That will be hanging around with outbreaks of

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rain, blasting into Friday and Saturday as well. Further south,

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barely any

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