MURDERED: Hollie Gazzard

According to Women's Aid, domestic abuse is "an incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour." In the majority of cases, domestic violence is committed by a partner or ex partner, but it can also be perpetrated by a family member or carer. In the vast majority of cases, domestic violence victims are quite often women. Domestic abuse can come in many forms, including but not limited to coercive control, psychological and or emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse, harrassment and stalking. Coercive control is defined as an act designed to make a person dependent on them by isolating them from support and depriving them of independence. Common examples of coercive behaviour include making threats or intimidating you, taking control over aspects of your everyday life and humiliating, degrading or dehumanising you. Women's Aid suggests that women are much more likely to experience domestic abuse than men and that domestic abuse occurs regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexuality, class or disability. Follow us on Twitter and Tumblr (@murderandmore), Instagram (@murderandmorepod) and Facebook (Murder and More Podcast/@mandmpod). View the sources and pictures for this episode at www.murderandmorepodcast.wordpress.com. Become a patron of Murder and More by heading to www.patreon.com/murderandmore. This episode's podcast promo is True Crime Real Time. Music: Leave With Me & Atmospheric Piano Backing, https://www.purple-planet.com. National Domestic Violence Helpline, open 24/7: 0800 2000 247. Samaritans: 116 123. National Stalking Helpline: 0808 802 0300.