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• Any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those ages 16 or over who are or who have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality. This can encompass bit not limited to the following types of abuse:

  psychological

  Physical

  Sexual

  Financial

  Emotional

  Although not included in the legal definition, kent police include 'honour' based violence, female genital mutilation and forced marriage.
• An assault is:

  Any act which intentionally or recklessly causes another person to apprehend immediate and unlawful personal violence
• A person is guilty of theft if he is dishonestly, appropriates, property, belonging to another, with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it and theif and steal shall be construed accordingly
• A person who without lawful excuses destroys or damages any property, belonging to another, intending to destroy or damage any such property or being reckless as to whether any such property would be destroyed or damaged shall be guilty of an offence