A father was forced to sleep in a car park after his abusive girlfriend installed a tracker on his mobile phone and stole his bank cards.
Stephen - who asked for his real name not to be revealed - became homeless at the beginning of the Covid lockdown when he left his partner of four years.
But he struggled to find support as a male victim of domestic abuse. READ MORE:Domestic abuse cases in Manchester are at an 'all-time high', city support services warn "There was nothing out there at all," he said. "Nothing for blokes.
Nothing about the mental side. Just the physical." Months later, Wigan council turned to him and others with lived experience of abuse as they prepared to launch a new service.
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