Abuse campaigners praise Coronation Street writers for continuing coercive control plot even after Yasmeen Nazir s tormentor dies - saying debts he left her with are just another form of mental torture
Yasmeen Nazir (Shelley King) suffered violence at the hands of Geoff (Ian Bartholomew) before his dramatic death - but still faces mental torture
Abuse campaigners have praised the soap for committing to a new plotline as Yasmeen faces economic abuse after she was left with a mountain of debt
David Challen, son of Sally Challen, who was jailed for murder before being freed after coercive control was recognised said plot would raise huge awareness
Lloyds Banking Group is launching a new tool that will help to identify economic abuse, verify evidence of coerced debt and prevent such incidences from escalating further.
The Economic Abuse Evidence Form has been developed together with Surviving Economic Abuse, a charity trying to tackle the problem.
It comes as three in five domestic abuse victims have been forced into debt by their partners, according to data from SEA.
The average debt per domestic abuse victim is £4,600 with a typical person being indebted to an average of five creditors.
Money control: According to Surviving Economic Abuse 60% of domestic abuse victims have been forced into debt (picture posed by models)