The Sunderland Echo let the cat out of the bag when it announced that Sunderland's new domestic violence court was for wife-beaters (link).
As the article states "Det Insp Foggin believes the introduction of a specialist court in Sunderland would help to boost the number of convictions secured against wife beaters, as well as act as a deterrent."
Obviously any male victims in Sunderland will not be treated symphatically if that is the attitude of their local police force.
Maybe Inspector Foggin should look at the Home Office Research that shows 1 in 4 DV incidents are against men and that men make up 1 in every 3 victims.
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