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Coercive control laws in England and Wales freed Sally from an 18-year murder sentence. This is what her family wants you to know
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Sally and her family say her husband Richard subjected her to decades of abuse through coercive and controlling behaviours.
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The torment inflicted by Sally Challen s husband, Richard, over four decades was never physical. But so overpowering was his controlling treatment that in 2010, Ms Challen killed him with 20 or more blows with a hammer.
During her murder trial in the UK, she issued a plea of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but that was dismissed and she was jailed for 18 years.