UK: Fife councillors in political scrap over battered husbands

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'HE hidden plight of battered husbands – often a taboo subject – was the topic of heated discussion at Fife Council on Thursday.

Councillors heard the bizarre tale of one man who had been almost strangled because he wouldn’t take his wife to her favourite nightclub.

Male domestic abuse was raised by Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Tory councillor Dave Dempsey who was upset by what he heard at a meeting he attended with a local campaign group.

Mr Dempsey emphasised that by highlighting the issue of male victims it did not diminish in any way the major problem of women who are abused.

However, he said he was “angered” after hearing evidence of men who suffered violence and was concerned Fife’s services were not currently designed to help them.'