Domestic Abuse Advisor | Survivor | Campaigner | Author | Freed my mum #SallyChallen in landmark coercive control case 📖 THE UNTHINKABLE out in paperback now!
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What a moment.
I never imagined holding my this book.
My mum killed my dad. I fought to free her.
This is the story of the abuse we lived through and what led to…
The Unthinkable.
Out 5 June 2025
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Pre-order ➡️ hachette.co.uk/titles/david-…
David Challen retweeted
RSE to 18:
Write to your MP using this template: actionnetwork.org/letters/ma…
and tell them to Back The Bill on the 4th of December.
Make RSE Mandatory for all 16+.
Follow our campaign, read 'The Unofficial Curriculum': killedwomen.org/rse-to-eight…
#theunofficialcurriculum #backthebill #sexeducation #rseto18
Glad to support @MakeMandatory and @KilledWomennw as they launch The Unofficial Curriculum, highlighting gaps in relationship education for 16–18-year-olds.
MPs debate the RSE Bill on 4th December.
Email your MP:
➡️ actionnetwork.org/letters/ma…
#BackTheBill
Glad to support @MakeMandatory and @KilledWomennw as they launch The Unofficial Curriculum, highlighting gaps in relationship education for 16–18-year-olds.
MPs debate the RSE Bill on 4th December.
Email your MP:
➡️ actionnetwork.org/letters/ma…
#BackTheBill
David Challen retweeted
Every allegation made in court against Russell Brand is propelled by his gleeful and unhinged lack of boundaries in private, public and at work.
Not TOO long ago BBC happily celebrated that very behaviour, Brand was free to brag about it with his co-host clapping like a seal.
Matt Morgan:
“During the time I worked with him [Russell Brand], I was never aware of any allegations of serious sexual misconduct against him.”
Matt Morgan w/Brand on air:
“It's been 25 minutes since he showed his willy to a lady.”

Any more lies, Matt?bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment…
Julie Ann McIlwaine’s murder conviction has been quashed. A woman subjected to years of abuse and coercive control, convicted of murdering the man who abused her. The law failed to properly understand the context of that abuse.
➡️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmz9…
Context matters so much in cases involving domestic abuse. Never as justification, but to understand the pattern of control and escalation of violence that preceded it, and survival that came before.
nitter.cf/david_challen/status/1…
Glad to see this appeal lodged.
Julie Ann McIlwaine killed her abusive partner while he was on bail and under a restraining order. No loss of control defence accepted.
Convicted of murder.
Once again, an abused woman is punished for surviving.
➡️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9j…
David Challen retweeted
Actor Noel Clarke charged with sexual assault, voyeurism and exposure relating to five women bbc.in/3UJbYTM
‘Consensual sexual strangulation’ is an utterly grotesque framing for the killing of a 16-year-old girl…
David Challen retweeted
This is an absolute disgrace! Talk about the Guardian going to the dogs, it is not sexual choking, she was strangled to death. This headline must be changed immediately. I’ll be writing to the readers editor. Please also join me in doing so:
David Challen retweeted
We’re pleased to see LBC covering matricide - the killing of mothers by their (usually adult) children, usually sons.
Mothers are dying at the hands of sons - but warnings of violence are being missed lbc.co.uk/article/sons-killi…
Interesting what people know, sit on, then leak when it suits them. Women’s harms are once again being used by men as ammunition in a political power struggle. Football’s leadership is rotten to the very core.
Uefa paid off an alleged mistress of Gianni Infantino while he was its general secretary, The Telegraph can disclose.
The woman received a six-figure sum after the alleged relationship with Mr Infantino while he was a top official at European football’s governing body.
Read our full investigation 👇
telegraph.co.uk/sport/2026/0…
David Challen retweeted
Infantino denies UEFA paid off alleged mistress while he was general secretary trib.al/32ir6On
Pleased to see bold action addressing the mental health emergency that has engulfed this country for far too long. I care deeply about this because suicide is a leading cause of domestic abuse-related deaths.
Survivors, including children, can live with trauma for many years without support. This can impact their relationships, physical health and sense of safety long into adulthood. I know this because I have walked it, and because I have met many other survivors who have too.
Suicide silently claims far, far too many of us. We need bold ambition to help lead us out of the darkness, so we can heal, rebuild and believe in the future each of us deserves.
We’ve all had some experience of struggles with mental health. Maybe you’ve stood by a loved one in a time of need. Maybe you’ve been through tough moments yourself.
Too often, illness is only half the challenge, with people forced to wait too long and fight too hard to get the help they need.
Today, we’re announcing a major expansion of NHS mental health services so people can get help earlier and closer to home.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/a…
David Challen retweeted
These were the Judge’s sentencing remarks: judiciary.uk/wp-content/uplo…
Just woke up to find @KemiBadenoch is allowing this guy as a Tory candidate.
He was convicted for racial harassment for 5 specific blogs. But that wasn’t all - he’d published *reams* of deeply racist, misoginistic and pornographic material about me.
theguardian.com/politics/202…
David Challen retweeted
Just woke up to find @KemiBadenoch is allowing this guy as a Tory candidate.
He was convicted for racial harassment for 5 specific blogs. But that wasn’t all - he’d published *reams* of deeply racist, misoginistic and pornographic material about me.
theguardian.com/politics/202…
Huge respect to Archie Goodburn, who campaigning for better brain cancer research funding, whilst living with a terminal diagnosis of his own, made this emotional plea to Andy Burnham this morning. A must watch...
'Give us a chance to fight for our lives'
Commonwealth Games swimmer Archie Goodburn, who was diagnosed with brain cancer when he was 22, made an emotional appeal on #BBCBreakfast for more funding despite the passing of the Rare Cancers Bill aimed at improving research and trials
bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cx2…
David Challen retweeted
Why does this article not lead with the fact that its been ruled (and proven in multiple cases) that evidence from Enough's testing kits are NOT admissible in court? Why is this journo trying to protect this company? theguardian.com/commentisfre…
🧵 Ten women have shared their accounts in a BBC investigation into Jared Leto. Four accuse him of criminal sexual conduct, while others describe grooming, sexualised contact and being targeted as teenagers….
➡️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7l…
Jared Leto did not respond to the allegations put to the BBC despite repeated attempts to contact him. He has previously denied allegations of sexual impropriety reported by another outlet last year.
More detailed accounts in the full BBC report here ⬇️
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7l…
Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret, BBC documentary is now available to watch on iPlayer.
➡️ bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
