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John Swinney considers call for non-fatal strangulation law

Thomson has proposed amending the Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews Bill, which is at stage one of three in its journey through parliament, to include provisions against strangulation.

Conservative MSP Tess White cited comments from Professor Cath White, medical director for the Institute for Addressing Strangulation (IFAS), who said that after six to eight seconds of NFS a person can lose consciousness.

After 15 seconds, the bladder becomes incontinent, followed by the bowels after 30 seconds, Prof White told MSPs at an event last week.

She added that a person can become brain dead within four minutes.

According to ONS figures, external in 2023 strangulation was the second most common method of murder of women in England and Wales.

In Scotland there were nine female strangulation victims in 2022/23, external – making it the joint third most common method.

A recent survey, external of 16 to 34 year olds in the UK, by the IFAS, found that more than a third (35%) of respondents reported being strangled or choked at least once during consensual sex.


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