Kategori: Domestic abuse
My ex secretly recorded me – but that wasn’t the worst of his abuse
In the days after he’d made the video of me, I begged him to delete it; but he wouldn’t.
My ex forced me to have his baby – then the abuse got worse
I naively thought he’d change his ways if he became a dad. But I was very wrong.
My family are all alive – but I’m still an orphan
Basically, it didn’t matter what I did or said, mum was going to hurt me one way or another.
Call for new law to punish domestic abusers who drive their victims to suicide
Domestic abuse campaigners are calling for a new law to ensure perpetrators who drive their victims to suicide face justice.
Nearly 20,000 notices given to those at risk of domestic abuse
Police Scotland recorded over 63,500 incidents of domestic abuse in 2023-24.
My boyfriend’s abuse turned physical when I was 24 weeks pregnant
I never got to enjoy my pregnancy.
My life was defined by coercive control – a refuge saved my life
I was 12 when I first called Childline from a phone box.
A friend I hadn’t seen in years helped me escape my abuser
Damien beat me up and I fell on to our daughter’s bedroom floor beside a box of nappies. That broke me.
Coronation Street star confirms physical abuse horror as Theo’s dark side is fully exposed
Todd Grimshaw is in danger.
Coronation Street star confirms physical abuse horror as Theo’s dark side is fully exposed
Todd Grimshaw is in danger.
Dad left me pregnant and terrified after raping me at 18
37 years on from his first attack on me, he’s rotting in jail.
I told him I wanted a divorce – then feared for my life
My story is one of many, yet too often silenced by cultural stigma and fear.
I was 16 when the coercive control started – I want to keep teens safe
Children deserve to be children; they shouldn’t ever have to be dealing with this.
I escaped my ex – now our 8-year-old son is the one being abused
I don’t believe he will stop until my child turns 16.
I escaped my ex – now our 8-year-old son is the one being abused
I don’t believe he will stop until my child turns 16.
My LA dream turned into a nightmare when I had to buy a gun
Growing up in the idyllic country village of Wethersfield in Essex, Ambrosine Davies wasn’t prepared for the manic scenes she saw in Los Angeles when she moved there nearly a decade ago.
‘I went on BBC’s The Traitors so domestic abuse wouldn’t define me’
Miles Asteri is ready to tell his story.
Alcohol has made my soulmate a monster – I sleep with defence spray
I told myself that he’d never hit me. He was always so shocked by the idea of a man hitting a woman.
I was nearly beaten to death by family for fleeing my marriage
I wanted to go home and to be looked after – but that was a huge mistake’
Virginia Giuffre’s final words revealed in suicide note she left for her kids
‘The world is dimmer without you in it,’ she wrote.
I blamed myself even after he sent me to A&E 11 times in 5 months
When nurses queried my injuries, instead of the truth, I’d say I’d had a seizure or fallen over.
Tributes pour in for mum found strangled after husband charged with her murder
The mum of two’s husband has been charged with her murder.
Tributes pour in for mum found strangled after husband charged with her murder
The mum of two’s husband has been charged with her murder.
Man who tortured woman ‘made her phone mum to say goodbye’ during 10-hour ordeal
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.
My dad was jailed for raping me – then he did it again
37 years on from his first attack on me, he’s rotting in jail.