7 in 10 domestic violence prosecutions in Dorset - ended in a guilty charge last year...

In the 12 months to April - more than 640 people either admitted abusing their partner - or were convicted after a trial...

But the Wessex Crown prosecution service say some people are still too afraid to come forward

This victim who doesn't want to be named, says the abuse can be pyschological as well as physical:

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