The pandemic has seen a huge surge in domestic abuse cases in Tameside - including victims at risk of 'homicide'

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direct to your inboxThe coronavirus pandemic has seen a huge surge in domestic abuse cases in Tameside – including children attacking their parents.It was revealed at a meeting of the borough’s health and wellbeing board that there had been an almost 70pc increase in high risk referrals between April and September, compared to 2019.Samantha Jury-Dada, Tameside’s strategic domestic abuse manager described this as a ‘staggering statistic’.Across the six months there had been 233 high risk domestic violence referrals for people who were identified as being at risk of ‘domestic homicide’ or serious harm.This was a 68pc increase on the previous year, Ms Jury-Dada told councillors.There had also been a 40pc increase in referrals in to the service.