“He was driving straight towards a lamppost; the kids were screaming. He was trying to kill us all.”

When 37-year-old Monica* first met her partner, she soon fell in love with his charm and presence. But 16 months down the line, things changed. He started punching her and hitting her with objects, leaving the former model “black with bruises. I could not actually recognise myself.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/black-bruises-didnt-recognise-domestic-abuse-calls-reach-all/

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