Media Coverage of the ManKind Initiative, and, male victims of domestic abuse 28/03/2020 Yellow – denote court cases and initial disclosures Date Media Representative Detail and/or story 2019 17 March Daily Mail 'I just reacted and I'm News sorry. It's below me.' Listen as Amber Heard admits to smashing a door into Johnny Depp's head before 'clocking' him in the jaw, in explosive audio tape confession 11 March Peterborough Mum tried to have ex- News Telegraph husband killed after losing custody of child 5 March Free Movement Sudanese man News unlawfully refused indefinite leave to remain after domestic abuse 2 March BBC News Mum stabbed dad to News Daily Mirror death in front of terrified children in 'truly horrifying' attack (Jeyamalar Kumarathas) – Jailed for murder 2 March NWE Mail New research on male News domestic violence by the University of Cumbria (Dr Liz Bates) 1 March Express and Star Revealed: Revenge porn News mainly being carried out by women 29 February Spectator Why did no one believe News Johnny Depp 27 February Kent Online Interview about male Interview victims 27 February News Shopper Nearly 7,000 women Feature referred to domestic violence services in Lewisham 26 February Daily Mail Domestic abuse by Feature women triples in a decade with female attackers carrying out almost a third of assaults 20 February Yorkshire Post Expert analysis: Why the Article Caroline Flack case placed CPS in a difficult position - Mark Brooks 17 February BBC Sounds The Untold: The Battle Interview to fund Abused Men in Scotland’s helpline 16 February Daily Telegraph Caroline Flack: Crown Feature Prosecution Service under fire for 'dogged pursuit' of TV star over domestic abuse charges 11 February Cambridgeshire Live Woman (Carlene News Bennett) attacked ex with carving knife and mop handle after he ended their relationship 10 February Coventry Observer Domestic violence order News against mum, 24, who repeatedly harassed ex- partner and knifed him 8 February BBC Casualty Episode featuring male TV Programme victim of domestic abuse 2 February Daily Mail 'I can't promise I won't News get physical again, I get so mad I lose it.' LISTEN as Amber Heard admits to 'hitting' ex-husband Johnny Depp and pelting him with pots, pans and vases in explosive audio confession 29 January Daily Mail A kitchen knife to the Three Page throat, punched in the Feature teeth... it’s the domestic violence scandal rarely talked about. But as numbers rocket, these startling testimonies reveal the: Hidden shame of the men abused by the women they love 28 January BBC Radio Interview with Mark Interview Manchester Brooks and Tameside Council 27 January Daily Telegraph I'm not surprised female Article violence against men is on the rise 25 January Daily Telegraph Attacks on family Feature members by women rise twice as fast as by men, new report shows (interview with Paul Chivers and Mark Brooks) 25 January The Sun ABUSE RISING Police Feature attend more than 2,000 domestic violence cases across the UK every day (Mark Brooks Interview) 24 January LG Family Lawyers Men are victims too: Feature (Rita Gupta) domestic violence, emotional abuse and coercive control 14 January Hull Live Hull woman (Carol News Mirror Robinson) stabbed husband of 40 years with potato peeler in row over new blinds 13 January The Sun TORN APART My ex Feature moved away with her new partner and now I don’t know where my son is 12 January Daily Mail Mummy blogger, 42, News apologises after joking about 'smashing' her husband's face in for not emptying the tumble dryer after fans slammed her for joking about domestic abuse 2019 December Sun Caroline Flack News Sun Caroline Flack charged Daily Mail after being arrested for assault 30 December Carlisle News and Male victims of domestic News Star abuse increasing 22 December Sky News Mark Brooks interview Interview 20 December Sky News 'I wept and wailed when Feature I realised my wife was abusing me. 17 December Metro When I fled my abusive Feature wife, I had nowhere to go 17 December Wakefield Express 'Men deserve help just Feature as much as women do': Domestic abuse in Wakefield discussed 16 December Daily Telegraph I was ashamed to be a Feature male victim of domestic abuse. 14 December Nottingham Post Major rise in male Feature domestic abuse victims - but the signs are not always physical 3 December Manchester Evening Violent labourer (Clare News News McMahon) murdered her partner by stabbing him 30 times with two knives after flying into a rage because he smoked cannabis on their bed. 3 December BBC Radio Cumbria Interviews with Dr Interview Elizabeth Bates and Deborah Powney on male victims of domestic abuse. 28 November Mirror Woman spared jail News BBC despite biting partner's scrotum and force- Gloucestershire Live feeding him chlorine. Mirror Elizabeth Tomkins also BBC stabbed partner Peter Stapleton's with broken glass - but she received only a suspended sentence. Judge Ian Lawrie QC says “This case has all the symptoms of domestic violence - but in reverse.” 26 November BBC Wales Violence in children's News relationships 'a public health issue: Of those, 17% of boys/12% of girls (2,469) said they had experienced physical violence by a romantic partner at least once. (Tweet: The large study found more boys than girls experienced violence yet you use a photo of a girl & only speak to a girl who had been a victim in the article? If boys don't see themselves represented they won't seek help!) 24 November Yorkshire Post Male victim of domestic Feature abuse shares harrowing experience in bid to get others across Yorkshire to speak out 23 November Yorkshire Post Domestic abuse against Feature men is Yorkshire's 'biggest taboo' with thousands too ashamed to report horrifying crime 19 November Daily Mail Embittered housewife News (Joanne Reddy), 51, is jailed for four years after stabbing her ex-husband and shouting 'die you bastard' before kicking him in the ribs during a row over their divorce 15 November Forces Net Domestic Abuse Against Feature Men: The Danger Facing Thousands Of Serving Personnel 9 November Huffington Post These Men Say Women Feature Raped Them. But The Law Does Not Agree 29 October BBC West Midlands Damage Film feature eon News male victim of domestic abuse 24 October Wales Online he male victim of Feature domestic abuse who lost his job because his girlfriend attacked him when he tried to leave the house 23 October Daily Mail Judge apologises to News loving father who is prevented from seeing his children who are 'alienated' from him after their mother spent years 'demonising' him 22 October Daily Mail Moment 'venomous' News Chronicle Live killer girlfriend (Nicola Lee) struggles and Shields Gazette swears at police after ITV stabbing her boyfriend (Paul Taylor) through the heart as she is convicted of manslaughter 11 October The Sun Three women confess to Feature controlling behaviour: I was so jealous I called the police and told them my boyfriend was a sex abuser when I saw him talking to a younger woman 10 October Swindon Live Male domestic abuse Feature survivor speaks about years of trauma caused by ex-wife 3 October ITV East Anglia Jail for ‘self-centred’ Feature Northants Police attacker who sliced ex- partner’s neck with a shattered mug (Mark Brooks interview) 24 September Devon Live Torbay has a problem: Feature Male victim of domestic violence describes his 'shame and humiliation' 10 September Birmingham Mail Olivia Labinjo Halcrow News BBC News stabbed boyfriend (Gary Cunningham) twelve Birmingham Mail times and left him to (Father Interview) bleed to death. Lied to Daily Star the police. Daily Mail 9 September BBC Radio Essex Interview with Mark Interview Brooks 5 September Kent Online Tony Hannington talks of News, Features Kent Live three-year domestic and Interviews abuse at hands of jailed Kent Online wife Tracy Interview BBC Mirror (Video) The Sun Daily Mail BBC South East (Dec) 30 August Daily Mail Embittered wife, 48, is News Manchester Evening slapped with a News restraining order after she waged a two-year The Sun smear campaign against her ex-husband of 24 years and falsely accused him of mistreating their children 22 August BBC Victoria The secret Facebook News Derbyshire groups where women shame their exes 22 August Bolton News 'There is help out there' Feature — How a dad-of-two escaped domestic abuse 22 August Kent Live Husband still visiting News wife in prison after she stabbed him with 9-inch knife 16 August Daily Mail Heartbroken father, 26, News Metro hanged himself during bitter battle with his ex- Mirror partner over access to their five-year-old daughter 8 August Channel 5 Male victims of coercive Interview and controlling behaviour (Dr Elizabeth Bates and Mark Brooks) 8 August Channel 5 Male victims of coercive Interview and controlling behaviour (male victim) 2 August BBC News Louise Porton jailed for News Mirror life for murder of daughters because they Sentencing Remarks "got in the way of her sex life". The children's father said he was "broken". 3 August Hull Daily Mail Hull mum Chloe Hansom News 'loses control' so glasses boyfriend slaps landlady and then spits on him 29 July BBC Podcast When a man has sex Article with a woman without her consent it is classed as rape - but when a woman forces a man to have sex it’s not, under current UK laws 28 July Mirror Heartbroken dad News Times (Steven Ford) 'lost will to live' after wife BBC (Samantha Ford) drowned their twins to 'punish him' The Sun Then writes to his mum to blame him 25 July BBC Sounds: The Forced penetration: If a Feature Next Episode woman forces a man to have sex, is that rape? 25 July BBC News Forced penetration: If a Feature woman forces a man to have sex, is that rape? 17 July Reuters Men who experience Feature domestic violence and abuse often don’t seek help until the problem becomes a crisis, researchers say.