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#AceBreakingNews – A domestic abuse victim is slowly rebuilding her life thanks in part to a forensic marker spray she has been given by West Yorkshire Police.
By June Kelly and Judith Burns
BBC News
The gadget is to be used if her abuser shows up, and other police forces are under growing pressure to adopt similar measures.
Sarah (not her real name) found herself trapped in her own home during the first Covid lockdown.
Her abuser arrived one day “for a chat”, she says, and she simply could not get rid of him. It was her flat, but he moved in and forced her into a relationship.
After months of physical and emotional abuse, Sarah realised she had to get away when the man threatened her with a knife.
“He was really controlling and he used to spy on me and stuff like that. It was jealous and coercive behaviour,” she said.
“Like everyone I’d had my freedom taken away from me, and I was living with this person who was abusing me so it was a really hard time. Because he wasn’t seeing his friends, he was taking everything out on me.”
Sarah describes how for months she was too scared to leave. The knife episode was the tipping point.
She knew her abuser had broken the law but she was initially reluctant to go to the police. Eventually Sarah was persuaded – but even as she waited in the police station to make a report, she was terrified.
“I was really scared that he was going to drive past and see me.”
She had to move out of the flat which had been hers because it was not considered safe.
Her abuser was placed under a restraining order and then arrested and charged by West Yorkshire Police.
When the case came to court, Sarah had to testify against him.
“I was behind a screen but I could still hear his voice and he was shouting. I was relieved the police were there and he couldn’t do to me what he had before, and I was finally getting it sorted.”
Her abuser was convicted and jailed.
Locks and alarms
When he was released a few months ago, having served his sentence, West Yorkshire Police put in place a series of measures to help Sarah.
“I’ve got alarms on all my doors. I’ve got letterbox locks and I’ve got SmartWater,” says Sarah.
SmartWater is a forensic liquid which shows up under ultraviolet light. Sarah knows that if she sprays it on her abuser it will stay on his skin and clothing for weeks.
Holding the bottle which she always has with her, she explains: “It releases water which has a unique code which the police can track. It helps my anxiety.
“Before I had this, I wasn’t leaving the house.”
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