Fears over rise in domestic abuse during Euro 2016
With a 30% rise in domestic violence incidents in Hull during the 2014 World Cup - a charity says it's anticipating another significant increase in cases once Euro 2016 gets underway.
A Hull charity which supports victims of domestic violence says it's concerned next week's Euro 2016 competition will mean another big rise in incidents of abuse.
The Preston Road Women's Centre saw a 30% increase in the number of women coming forward for help during the last big football tournament - the 2014 World Cup.
Ann Clarkson is from the charity and told Viking:
"The referrals that we had when the last World Cup was on in 2014 and over the months of June and July we had 96 referrals whereas last year in 2015 where there was no football tournament taking place we only had 70 referrals."
She says that alcohol does play a big part in why cases go up during big sporting events:
"I think it's increased tensions going on, alcohol reduces people's inhibitions and they maybe take actions that had they not had something to drink, they would think twice about doing.
"Women will sometimes tell us that an incident had happened when their partner had been out either with them or on their own watching the football in the pub, having a drink and then come home and what might have been previously a few words, has ended up with physical violence.
"Even normal statistics suggest that 3 women a week are killed because of domestic abuse so if there is a 25% increase in incidents of domestic abuse then it means more women are at risk of losing their lives."