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" It has long been clear that women who leave violent partners are at risk of death or
serious injury. What hasn't sufficiently been recognised until now is that abusers
who can no longer hurt members of their own families, might, in a small number of cases
pose a lethal threat to total strangers. Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, Rachid Redouane and
Darren Osborne had all been thrown out by their partners in the weeks or months before
they committed a terrorist attack "

Joan Smith


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Joan Smith quote : It has long been clear that women who leave violent partners are at risk of death or <br />serious injury. What hasn't sufficiently been recognised until now is that abusers <br />who can no longer hurt members of their own families, might, in a small number of cases <br />pose a lethal threat to total strangers. Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, Rachid Redouane and <br />Darren Osborne had all been thrown out by their partners in the weeks or months before <br />they committed a terrorist attack