'Rough sex defence' to be banned, says justice minister

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'Rough sex defence' to be banned, says justice minister
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The government will ban the “rough sex defence” under new domestic abuse legislation, a justice minister has indicated. Alex Chalk MP accepted it was wrong for defendants to suggest that the death of

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