Had pulled over into a shady, quiet car parking space to take a migraine prescription and sit safely for a while.
After a short while a car pulled up 10 metres or so to the side of me (but 90 degrees differently orientation so I could see the rear of the car through the rear side of mine).
There was Prolonged shouting and that caught my attention, I glanced around over my shoulder and the male driver was shaking the female passenger. Not totally clear, but with the shouting I surmised not good.
It then quiet ended for a bit and I just sat quietly, head pounding.
Then it all started again, resulting in more shaking of passenger, loud noises and him hanging her handbag out of her reach out of his window. Then more shouting and violence,
I called 999 and reported . It calmed down a bit and there was periodic shouting.
He then got out car and stormed away to The drive through, leaving his door open, taking keys and her bag. She sat there sobbing.
The police then turned up with sirens and lights, pulled up behind car and went to the woman. Trying to keep out it at this point, it appears she mollified them, he came storming back and soon the police went off. He then started shouting at her, I stayed for a while, then it calmed down and nothing else happened. And they drove away.
I guess she was too scared to report him? But should the officers have dug a bit further? They didn't really look around for any sign of who reported. I was too scared to show my face in case of repercussions. Now I feel like shit, and worried for this unknown woman.
( little aside, my youngest 2 were victims of robbery in local park the other day and I'm really tender about being a victim at the mo, so I guess this and an excruciating migraine caused me to only bystand).
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Witnessed domestic violence today, and feel like I didn't do enough.
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LateJuly · 25/07/2016 17:06
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