It wasn’t until I looked at my parents’ relationship that I started to think that what I had with my boyfriend was not normal - and that I was in trouble.
I sat outside a courtroom, waiting to give evidence about the domestic and sexual violence I’d experienced. I was still a teenager.“I thought I had to be an adult or live with him to experience domestic violence,” I replied. “I didn’t have any children with him.”Loading
Lilie James isn’t the first young woman to be murdered by a partner. And she won’t be the last. But young people are hardly ever considered when we talk about this. Teenage relationships are considered to be temporary, seen as learning opportunities or mistakes. More survivors of sexual and domestic violence are reporting to police, and that’s a good thing. But the legal system still rarely brings justice. Knowing the low likelihood of conviction, why do we persist? We do it to be heard. We do it because we believe we have a responsibility to stop the perpetrator from hurting others. We do it because we deserve a chance at legally recognised justice.
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