Man ordered to attend domestic abuse classes after assault on partner

Livingston.Emergency services scrambled to the scene after the attack on Morrison Way in the town between 12am and 12.30am this morning.The 33-year-old was rushed to St John's Hospital for treatment following the attack.Enquires into the incident are ongoing and officers from Police Scotland are keen to speak to anyone who may be able to assist.They are particularly keen to identify a man who is described as white, in his late teens, around 5ft 6in tall and of skinny build.He was wearing a blue

Inverness.The attack was reported on Friday, 12 February.A video has since surfaced showing a young man with facial injuries which has since been shared online.Writing about the incident, Highlands & Islands Police Division said: "Police in Inverness are conducting inquiries into a serious assault which was reported on 12/02/2021."We are aware of a disturbing video circulating on social media showing a young male with facial injuries."We urge anyone with knowledge of this video to contact Police

Kent Live reports.Falconer, who had been subject to a restraining order at the time, denied inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent and was to stand trial in September last year. A month after Robinson’s death he pleaded guilty to the less serious offence of inflicting grievous bodily harm and one of criminal damage.Members of her family were at his sentencing hearing at Maidstone Crown Court on Wednesday.

direct to your inboxPolice are keen to speak to a chubby man with a ‘flat face’ who assaulted a woman while she was walking in Stockport. The victim was walking on a path near Willow Avenue, in Cheadle, when a man who was passing pushed her over.

direct to your inboxVictims were left ‘trapped’ in their homes by coronavirus restrictions as the numbers of domestic abuse reports increased in Trafford during the first lockdown of 2020, new data reveals.The number of domestic abuse incidents across Trafford increased during the first lockdown of 2020.Reports of domestic abuse were made across the borough throughout 2020 but numbers climbed after the first lockdown was announced in March, according to Greater Manchester Police’s data.A council

direct to your inboxThe coronavirus pandemic has seen a huge surge in domestic abuse cases in Tameside – including children attacking their parents.It was revealed at a meeting of the borough’s health and wellbeing board that there had been an almost 70pc increase in high risk referrals between April and September, compared to 2019.Samantha Jury-Dada, Tameside’s strategic domestic abuse manager described this as a ‘staggering statistic’.Across the six months there had been 233 high risk domestic

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Domestic abuse incidents are declining in Renfrewshire despite fears they would rocket during the coronavirus lockdown, according to fresh statistics.Figures from Police Scotland show there were 1,302 reports between April and October last year, which represents a drop of almost eight per cent when compared to the same period in 2019.Meanwhile, the number of crimes or offences raised as a result of reports

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A twisted Paisley taxi driver who battered a woman and children in an eight-year reign of domestic abuse has been jailed.Malicious Iftikhar Sharif, 47, was locked up for almost a year after engaging in a “course of conduct of physical violence and psychological abuse” against the victims at a house in the town’s Hillman Crescent.Sharif, who is deaf and drove a private cab, was convicted of six charges of