Court documents says mass shooter's spouse was beaten, begged for life before escape
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Several groups that advocate for abused women have criticized the charges against Banfield, citing the evidence of prior assaults against her and the coercive control the gunman had over her life.
In a news release in December, Martha Paynter, chair of Wellness Within, a non-profit group serving criminalized women, said the charges caused her to feel ‘profound disappointment’ in the RCMP, saying her arrest demonstrated a lack of understanding by the force that ‘intimate partner violence is about power and control.’
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