November 25: Women starved, confined and severely beaten as domestic violence increased locally during pandemic lockdown
- Publication
- Kawartha411.ca, 25 Nov 2020
Description
- Creator
- VanMeer, Pamela, Reporter
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- “Often the women were severely beaten, so much they needed medical attention. There were some who had been confined, starved and deprived of the necessities of life.” Carolyn Fox, Fund Development Coordinator at Women’s Resources in Lindsay told Kawartha 411 News.
Kawartha Lakes Police say domestic violence calls increased by approximately 20% during the first part of the lockdown. From January 1st, 2020 to March 20th, 2020, there were 131 domestic occurrences. From March 20th, 2020 to June 30th, 2020, there were 154 domestic occurrences according to police. They expect calls to continue to go up once the restrictions are lifted - Publisher
- Pamela VanMeer
- Place of Publication
- Kawartha Lakes, ON
- Date of Original
- 25 Nov 2020
- Date Of Event
- 25 Nov 2020
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Fox, Carolyn ; Farr, Amy, Detective Constable ; Murtha, Dave, Sergeant
- Language of Item
- English
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