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They include him not stealing, making threats, or using foul or abusive language and leaving shops when ordered.

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They said Cummings' "abusive behaviour" continued after the relationships ended.

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During that time, she also found herself in an abusive relationship, the end of which triggered a protracted period of poor mental health.

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“Neither piece of evidence adds to the allegations of abuse the jury already considered, yet found that the brothers planned, then executed that plan to kill their abusive father and complicit mother,” Ryan wrote.

One of the UK's largest and most abusive cults, the Jesus Army, or Jesus Fellowship Church, was founded by Noel Stanton, the late pastor of Bugbrooke Chapel, in Northamptonshire in 1969.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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