Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:04 pm on 4 October 2016.
I think that’s a good model. I worked for many years in the family courts and dealt with many domestic violence cases. Of course, the issues that were the most difficult to prove were those that involved psychological harm. When somebody has been attacked and that attack leaves physical evidence, then it’s there for all to see, but it could be difficult, of course, to deal with people who were controlling and who inflicted psychological violence. In those days there was no social media—there is now. So, I do very much welcome what Gwent Police are doing in order to go underneath looking at what appears to be a normal situation on the surface, and delve deeper in order to make sure that psychological violence is not being displayed and that they can identify it early on.