faustine was 16 at the time and this was her first relationship.things like "i love you" very early on in the relationship and also gifting, messaging all the time. she didn't immediately realise she was experiencing coercive control, but when she went to the police, she says it was dismissed. domestic abuse, at the time i reported it and even now, is kind of seen as a middle—aged woman's problem. i think young people, including myself, are not taken seriously. she managed to get out of the controlling relationship, but, for others, the consequences can be deadly. in wiltshire, carole gould's 17—year—old—daughter ellie was murdered by her ex—boyfriend from school. hi. ellie's dad, matt, found her. she'd been stabbed 13 times in the neck. it happened in this kitchen. i block it from my mind, i think, because i didn't find ellie. i can block that and separate that and remember the happy times that we had here as a family. but it's very, very hard for matt, because he has flashbacks about finding her. you are mentally damaged by that. this was a book,

faustine was 16 at the time and this was her first relationship.e you" very early on in the relationship, and also gifting, messaging all the time. she didn't immediately realise she was experiencing coercive control, but when she went to the police, she says it was dismissed. domestic abuse, at the time i reported it and even now, is kind of seen as a middle—aged woman's problem.

faustine was 16 at the time and this was her first relationship.but, for others, the consequences can be deadly. in wiltshire, carole gould's 17—year—old—daughter ellie was murdered by her ex—boyfriend from school. hi. ellie's dad, matt, found her. she'd been stabbed 13 times in the neck. it happened in this kitchen. i block it from my mind, i think, because i didn't find ellie. i can block that and separate that and remember the happy times that we had here as a family. but it's very, very hard for matt, because he has flashbacks about finding her. you are mentally damaged by that. this was a book, i think, that was left at the school. thomas griffiths was jailed for murder. two years after killing ellie, a domestic homicide review found he displayed controlling and coercive behaviour, including educational sabotage. she wanted to focus on her studies because she had some important exams coming up, and he was making herfeel bad about that, saying, "does it not make you feel bad that we're not seeing each other after school?" and i wish now i had k