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And there it is. The Government publishes new clause banning the ‘rough sex defence’ once and for all. A huge victory for women’s rights & an end to men literally getting away with murder 1/(thread)
18 months ago I remember seething at my kitchen table about the injustice of Natalie Connolly's case. Beaten black and blue, kicked in the face so hard that she nearly lost an eye, and left to bleed to death at the bottom of the stairs https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/23/prosecutors-thought-no-jury-would-accept-natalie-connoolly-was-murdered
None of this stopped her boyfriend from establishing in court that she up for it. He got 22 months in prison. Our next month. 3/
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https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/broadhurst-sentencing-remarks.pdf
This has been a priority issue for me since the day I arrived in Parliament. It has been a privilege to support the brilliant campaign led by @HarrietHarman & @Mark4WyreForest. A true cross-party effort 4/
Amazing women have supported us along the way - @GraziaUK @RosamundUrwin & others. The most credit should go to the fearless team at @Wecantconsentto for meticulously researching the stories of all these women & exposing the faultline 5/
But most of all, this is thanks to the heroes at the @MoJGovUK and @ukhomeoffice who got this over the line. Especially @AlexChalkChelt & Victoria Atkins who had the will and imagination to get it into the Domestic Abuse Bill and surmount the technical obstacles 6/
And finally thank you to @RobertBuckland @pritipatel and the Prime Minister @BorisJohnson for giving this crucial support from the top. #wecantconsenttothat 7/ End
