Four women shared photos of their injuries from domestic violence to raise awareness of increased domestic abuse during the COVID-19 lockdown. Calls to domestic abuse hotlines increased 49% in the first three weeks of lockdown in the UK. Research found that 14 women and two children had been killed in their homes in that period. The government launched a #YouAreNotAlone campaign to support domestic violence victims during the pandemic.

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Domestic violence victims share horrific
photos as 14 killed since lockdown began
alexandra yepes gomez
Apr 29 · 4 min read
BRAVE women have shared pictures of their horrendous injuries to
raise awareness of domestic violence, as killings in the home
DOUBLED during the first three weeks of lockdown in the UK.
The four women released battered and bloodied pictures of their faces on social media
as researchers from Counting Dead Women Project told MPs that 14 women and two
children had been killed in the rst three weeks of lockdown in the UK.
Meanwhile, calls to domestic abuse hotlines have risen by 49 per cent during the same
period, as desperate victims seek help.
Sporting a bloodied nose and large bump on her forehead, Claire*, from North America,
posted a picture of her battered face.

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Telling how she was hospitalised, she urged people to walk away from abusive
situations.
“This is domestic violence,” she said.
“Seek help. I’m home from hospital. Don’t be the next victim.”
She — and all the women pictured here — gave Fabulous permission to publish her
image, adding: “Speak out.”
While the women’s abuse did not necessarily happen during the coronavirus outbreak,
they have posted the images recently to highlight the issue, as cases across the UK rise.
The government has launched a new public awareness campaign, #YouAreNotAlone,
aiming to reassure those a ected by domestic abuse that support services remain
available during this di cult time.
Members of the public are asked to show their solidarity and support for those who may
be su ering, by sharing a photo of a heart on their palm.
Claire told Fabulous how the person accused of assaulting her had been arrested and
released on bail.
Jennifer*, from midwest USA, also published a photo of her face where she sported a
black eye and stitches across her eyebrow. “Still going through the healing process
myself,” she wrote.
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“Six months later my left eye is still darker than the other eye.
“Some days it’s still hard for me to look into the mirror without crying. Stay strong.
Sending love.”
She said her abuser was charged with domestic battery but eventually convicted of a
lesser charge.
Another woman who published a photograph was Kim* who said she knew how hard it
was to leave violent relationships.
She simply wrote: “It takes a lot of strength to leave an abusive relationship….this is my
picture.”
In it Kim, also from the US, sported two black eyes. She told how her former partner
was in prison.
Meanwhile Francesca*, also from the US, posted a series of shocking pictures of her. In

3. them she has blackened eyes and a scratched head.
She said: “There has been a 40% increase in domestic violence cases since this
quarantine. Please don’t be afraid to reach out.”
The four join a growing group of women who have raised concerns about the impact
lockdown is having on domestic abuse victims.
Earlier this month Becky Bellenie, 35, from Chelmsford, Essex, told Fabulous she feared
for abused men and women in lockdown.
Becky, who was raped by her ex Neil Parrish over the course of eight years, said Parrish
would have viewed the isolation lockdown a orded “as a dream come true”.
Meanwhile Rachel Williams, who was shot by her ex husband, has spoken extensively of
the dangers of lockdown for domestic violence su erers.
And grim statistics show a concerning pattern. Just days after lockdown was introduced
on March 23, a mum and daughter were knifed to death before the body of a dad was
found in a house re in Hemel Hempstead.
The trio were discovered inside the burning home after a frantic neighbour spotted
smoke.
Gary Walker, 57, died in the re, with his wife Caroline, 50, and 24-year-old daughter,
Katie, dying from stab wounds on Sunday, March 29.
Cops say no-one else is being sought in connection with the deaths.
On the same day, a dad shot his wife and two young daughters at their Sussex home
before turning the gun on himself.
Robert Needham, 42, is alleged to have murdered partner Kelly Fitzgibbons, 40, and
their children Ava, ve, and three-year-old Lexi after su ering from cash stress linked to
the coronavirus outbreak.
Police have not commented on how they all died but were not looking for anyone else in
connection with the deaths.
The Government is now facing calls from MPs for a full action plan to tackle a rising tide
of domestic abuse in the UK since the coronavirus lockdown began.
A report also found that 10 per cent of domestic abuse victims are being forced to sleep
rough after being refused emergency accommodation.
Meanwhile, a brave six-year-old girl saved her mum from ‘satanic’ abuse by telling
teacher ‘Daddy’s hurting Mummy’.
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