A coercive control survivor has said she finally spoke out and sought help after her partner “pinned her up against a wall” on a night out with friends.
Jody Duggan was 17 years old when she met “the first boy who showed interest” in her - Jake Boles - and the pair began a relationship.It soon turned controlling and Jody was forced to tell her boyfriend what she was doing, where she was and who she was with at all times – before he also became violent towards her.
“He didn’t take it well and slammed my head against the bed board, he was pushing me and kicking me,” she said. Jake Bowes was convicted of assaults and the coercive control of his former partner in 2023, four years after it was reported, but received a suspended sentence.“He was very controlling, manipulative and tactical about how he did it – he was very good at doing it when we were only alone,” she said.
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