Sally Challen, who was jailed for life for killing her husband in a hammer attack following decades of emotional abuse, has walked free from court after a judge announced she would not face a retrial. “A lot of the problem is that women don’t know they’re in a relationship of coercive control. We have sought justice and understanding.”The prospect of a retrial was seen as a key test of new laws on domestic abuse and coercive control. Sally Challen moved out of the family home in 2009 but was said to still be emotionally dependent on her husband. The shadow equalities minister, Carolyn Harris, said Challen’s was a “landmark case for victims of coercive control”.

Source: The Guardian June 07, 2019 11:53 UTC