Serious Crime Act 2015

We can't have the police service spending their time in Drumcree when there's crimes to investigate like sex abuse.

I can report this morning that Portadown District Lodge has now made a formal complaint to the Chief Constable in respect of... of allegations that Mary Lou Macdonald and Michelle O'Neill have committed four offences under one under the Public Processions Act these are allegations one under the Serious Crime Act and and one under the Roads Northern Ireland Order of 1998.

And the Portadown District Lodge urging the Chief Constable to take account of the widespread disruption caused by what they are alleging are the illegal actions of what they describe as the suspects.

And the Portadown Lodge are saying a delay or failure to take urgent action against this the PSNI can take notice of how the suspects continue, they say, to publicly and defiantly defend their conduct.

Coercive control is increasingly becoming recognized as a form of domestic abuse, not only by advocates and clinicians, but in courts and legislation.

In places like England and Wales, they've made controlling or coercive behavior in intimate or family relationships a criminal offense under the Serious Crime Act of 2015.

Scotland's Domestic Abuse Act in 2018 actually recognizes a course of abusive behavior that can include psychological abuse, isolation, monitoring, humiliation, and control.

Now, in the United States, the legal landscape varies by state.