would just like to add my ten peneth worth , A lot of the previous replies suggest that its only women who suffer domestic abuse, I for one was extremely suprised to hear from a mate of mine who said he had to get out of his relationship due to her being violent to him , I was taken aback by this , No one has to put up with abuse/violence whatsoever ,
My sister 25 years ago was being "slapped" around by my brother in law, when myself and my brother were told about it actioned it straight away , we took him out and gave him a "slapping" It was ugly at the time and could have split them up ,but he was taught a lesson shall we say , She never had any problems with him again and they are still together now,
For anyone thinking of doing this , 25 years ago was a different time law wise, you may not get away with it now !!!!