Domestic abusers could receive up to 14 years of jail sentence for repeated physical or mental assaults under cross-party plans for a new domestic violence law.
The draft bill, which allows custodial sentences for offenders, will make domestic abuse an offence for the first time in the country.
The legislation is modeled on an American law and is credited with a 50-percent rise in reporting and with incidents down a third in the United States.
According to media reports, British police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) receive more than 1,300 reports of domestic violence every day. According to some estimates, however, the true number could be four times that .... http://www.presstv.ir
