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Sandra has lived for seven years in Britain without any income of her own. She was married in Uganda at a young age to a man who beat and tortured her.
He came from a prominent family so Sandra didn’t even consider going to the police because she knew they would side with him, tell her it was a private family matter and force her to go back home.
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