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Movies Domestic Violence Crisis in Australia -Police Won?t Listen Until Theres a DEAD Body

Domestic Violence Crisis in Australia -Powerful Interview With a Woman And Her Son in The Grip of a Violent Relationship.

Alicia thinks she will be killed by her controlling ex. She says 'police wont listen until theres a dead body


The Guardian 12 OCT 2024







Marcus believes it is only a matter of time before his father kills his mother, him or one of his siblings.


If he was to find us properly, and if he was to get a really good chance, I reckon he would do it, the university student says.


In discussion with people who know about [coercive control and family violence] when I recount my situation, or my mother recounts the situation, the unanimous response is: usually, when this happens to people, they dont live very long.

The situation is outlined by his mother, Alicia in an 83-page dossier that she has submitted to police more than once in an attempt to have her safety taken seriously.

In meticulous detail it outlines the sexual, physical, psychological and financial abuse she alleges she has experienced at the hands of her ex-husband Ralph over nearly two decades.

After calling for five days, she says a constable told her that there was nothing in the police logs about the previous calls. And he said, Unless you ring triple zero and get an event number, then you actually wont get written down.

Alicia alleges there was also physical and sexual abuse. She claims Ralph raped her on multiple occasions; that he threw objects at her; that he would shove her down over and over until she stopped trying to get back on her feet, including when she was pregnant; that he grabbed her by the throat when she tried to leave the house and pulled her back inside.

Alicia says she called triple zero a few times but when police would attend they were dismissive, saying things to her like: Well hes not doing it now or Youre free to leave now that were here. She paid heavily for these calls for weeks or months with more abuse so eventually stopped making them.

Marcus claims he and his siblings were beaten regularly by their father, for stacking the dishwasher incorrectly, having a messy bedroom, not being in bed by a certain time, having the TV on too loud.


---The police let us down horribly


Marcus says the abuse was not only terrifying but humiliating. Hed say: Im gonna smack you in front of your siblings. Im gonna walk you out in the street, smack you so people can hear you, or smack you in the middle of this shopping centre so everyone knows what a bad kid you are.

My brother and I, our biggest fear is becoming him.


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