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UK Parliament: British woman MP Kate Kniveton ‘marital rape gate’, accused Tory MP husband Andrew Griffiths

July 22, 2025 by Nimish Kumar, The International Parliament Journal (IPJ)
UK Parliament: British woman MP Kate Kniveton 'marital rape gate', accused Tory MP husband

Former Conservative MP Kate Kniveton has bravely spoken out about a decade of abuse by her politician husband, Andrew Griffiths. In a new ITV documentary, “Breaking the Silence: Kate’s Story,” Kniveton revealed a terrifying incident where she believed she would die while being strangled by Griffiths.

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