I told myself that he’d never hit me. He was always so shocked by the idea of a man hitting a woman.

I wanted to go home and to be looked after – but that was a huge mistake’

‘The world is dimmer without you in it,’ she wrote.

When nurses queried my injuries, instead of the truth, I’d say I’d had a seizure or fallen over.

The mum of two’s husband has been charged with her murder.

The mum of two’s husband has been charged with her murder.

A woman who was tortured for ten hours after being kept against her will told a court she thought she was going to die during the ordeal.

37 years on from his first attack on me, he’s rotting in jail.

One woman was asked by an officer whether she thought it was a good idea to report her assault.

I just want to be rid of him, to be free.

I just want to be rid of him, to be free.

It is the ultimate control you can exert on another human being.

The judge described him as a ‘highly manipulative, misogynistic, narcissistic and thoroughly evil individual’

I still have a little piece of my ear missing, because my mother would bite it sometimes.

I pushed him back with my hand and then with my leg so I could stand up and I insisted that he leave.  

I suspect Chloe felt her only other options were kill or be killed.

I suspect Chloe felt her only other options were kill or be killed.

‘When it happened, I became that really busy friend who couldn’t see anyone.’

The door to their office space was busted open, and was the only one hit despite being in the same building as 75 other businesses and charities.

I wanted to go home and to be looked after – but that was a huge mistake’