First Domestic Violence Protection Orders granted in Bridgend and the Vale of Glamorgan

Police in Bridgend have successfully taken out their first new banning orders to protect the victims of domestic abuse.

Last week officers from Bridgend were granted new power to ban a suspect from returning to their own home if a victim and children are believed to be under threat. Previously it was the victim and children who had to leave the family home.

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