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Coronavirus Victoria: Family violence expected to spike during post-COVID Christmas


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It was several days before Christmas about six years ago when Geraldine Bilston called her mother in fear and asked her to urgently come and pick up her two-year-old daughter.
A verbal altercation between Geraldine and her partner had intensified, and his aggression was scaring her.
Geraldine Bilston left an abusive relationship about five years ago.
Credit:Simon Schluter
“It was so bad, and I saw his behaviour escalating so badly that I called my mum to pick up my daughter so she wouldn t have to be there while that was going on,” she says.
After almost five years in an emotionally and physically abusive relationship, where her partner had slowly gained control of all aspects of her life including her finances, Geraldine knew the danger she and her daughter were in. ....

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