Domestic abusers 'sewing GPS trackers into teddy bears'
Domestic abusers have been known to sew trackers into their childrens' toys or coats
"He [the ex] just jumped out at me," she says."Like suddenly he was there in my face, and it scared the life out of me.Ellen and her friend managed to get away. Later, she realised he had accessed the information in her Gmail account and diary. Refuge supports 6,500 women each day. Around 95% of all these domestic abuse cases involve such abuse, research it conducted with Google suggests.
She realised this when he said he had known when she had decided not to answer a call via Skype which was loaded onto the TV. He said he had seen her sitting on the sofa as he rang.He also used an iPad to watch her in the kitchen.
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