DEMAND for services provided by a domestic violence charity was so high last year that it could only respond to two out of five cries for help.

TWO out of every five enquiries to a domestic violence refuge had to be turned down last year because the facility was full, the head of Sonas Housing has said.

DEMAND for bed spaces in a new domestic violence refuge was so high in the last six months that it could only respond to just one in four cries for help.