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Rachel Williams A Woman on A Mission In August 2011, Rachel Williams escaped with her life after her ex husband burst into a salon with a doublebarrelled shotgun and shot her, before he fled then hanged himself.Shortly after, her 16 year old son committed suicide. Rachel wrote a book The Devil at Home which looked at the coercive control her ex husband subjected her to. Rachel is a campaigner, as well as an ambassador and is CCChat's WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2018. . L ast year, Rachel Williams started a petition TAKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERIOUSLY IN COURTS which, at time of publication had 158, 769 signatures. Rachel believes that all judges and magistrates need to be trained in domestic abuse. Her own experience of the courts was in 2011 when magistrates lifted her abuser' bail restrictions. The next day he shot Rachel before taking his own life. The magistrates concerned knew that Darren Williams had mental health issues. He had twice tried to commit suicide, had a history of previous domestic abuse with a former partner and he had already threatened to kill Rachel. He had a conviction for a firearm & knives, stungun & CS gas along with a humane bolt killer and had already assaulted Rachel. It begs the question, how many red flags were needed before the magistrates would begin to join the dots? If you haven't already, please sign this petition to increase much needed understanding of domestic abuse and coercive control in the courts. https://www.change.org/p/cpsuk-take-domesticviolence-seriously-in-courts/u/19855739 The Empower Issue
WIN A SIGNED COPY OF RACHEL'S BOOK CCChat has a signed copy of Rachel Williams' book The Devil At Home to give away. In spite of suffering horrific domestic violence, Rachel proves that there is life after domestic abuse. In Rachel's own words, she is not a victim, she is a VICTOR! For a chance to win this copy, please email contact@coercivecontrol.co.uk with THE DEVIL AT HOME in the subject heading. The winner will be selected on October 10th and contacted by email. The Empower Issue
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