Officers were sent to the stately home following an allegation of a domestic assault.

The criminal penalty for a minor domestic assault is one to two weeks in jail and a fine.

He appears before the court for the first time for what is essentially a domestic assault on his girlfriend.

Many women who are arrested for domestic assault say they were striking back.

In January 2007 he was found guily of domestic assault.

He was divorced, and carried two convictions for domestic assault, which hurt any witness if there were enough women on the jury.

He said, "We have real patients, with real problems - diabetes, high blood pressure, domestic assault - right now."

In 1980, there were just 22 arrests for domestic assault, and only four convictions.

As many as three-quarters of the domestic assaults reported to authorities take place after the woman has left.

You guys always suspect the family in domestic assaults.