Wow! I’m stunned that so many gransnetters would see this as a ‘non-story’. Two women are killed every week in the UK by their partner, or former partner. The neighbours didn’t just here a row. They heard banging, crashing, his partner screaming, then shouting “get off me”, and later “get out” (of her flat) and him refusing. They discussed how concerned they should be. They went around to the flat and knocked. There was no reply. It continued. They went and knocked twice more. Still no reply, so they started recording (as people often do to provide evidence of a potential crime) and called the Police. Contrary to what Johnson’s defenders say, the Police have not said everything was fine and no crime was committed, they said that they spoke to both parties, who told them ‘everything was fine’, so there was no evidence APPARENT to them of an offence. This happens all the time in cases of domestic abuse.
In short, that wasn’t a normal row. Normal rows don’t generally involve screaming and shouting “get off me”.