Some extracts from Bristol City Council’s very own Domestic Abuse Policy:

DO

• Listen positively and reassure the individual. Ensure that they know:
  • You believe them
  • It’s not their fault
  • There is support available

DON’T

• Pressurise an individual into a specific course of action
• Be judgmental of the individual’s choices and actions
• Stop supporting the individual once you have referred to another agency

Perhaps the overpaid idiots mishandling the ‘Ms X’ case should take the time to read it?

And then – heaven forbid – actually PUT IT INTO PRACTICE…