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Victims trapped in cycle of abuse underscore need to strengthen laws on family violence

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A housewife in her 60s stuck it out with her abusive husband, who rained blows on her over the course of 40 years.
This man had bashed her until she miscarried in the earlier days of their marriage and, more recently, fractured her rib cage.
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