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Survivor of financial abuse invited to advise ministers after Guardian report
City minister Lucy Rigby acts after woman faced repossession of house burned down by controlling husband A woman who was nearly killed by her abusive husband has been invited to advise the government on measures to support victims of financial abuse after the Guardian highlighted her story last weekend. Francesca Onody was left homeless and penniless when her husband doused their cottage with petrol while she and her two children were inside. Her husband, Malcolm Baker, died when the property...
21 Feb, 07:00 — 21 Feb, 07:00
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