Closed petition Extend the law on coercive control to cover post-separation abuse

Closed on 28 February 2021

We want the UK government to:
- Extend the law on coercive control (s.76 Serious Crime Act 2015) to cover circumstances where a victim has left the relationship
- To remove the defense under s.76(8) where a perp can claim they were acting in the victim's best interest.

S.76 Serious Crime Act 2015 rightly recognises the horrific impact that coercive control has on victims of domestic abuse.

However, it does not recognise that, for many victims, this abuse continues once they have left the abuser.

Stalking and harassment law doesn't provide effective coverage - which often leaves victims without protection.

S.76(8) also gives the abuser an unnecessary defence - that they were acting in the victim's best interest. They never are so this must be removed!