The story of the brave Warwickshire woman who features in our video interview on her experience of domestic abuse

The story of the brave Warwickshire woman who features in our video interview on her experience of domestic abuse.

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00:00I first got into relationship in June 2021.

00:04So it was quite good to start with?

00:07Yeah, it was.

00:09I just got on well and we sort of connected and had similar interests.

00:25He was nice, he was thoughtful at the beginning.

00:32Felt like he was my protector.

00:36I'd say within a couple of months things started to go wrong.

00:44It wasn't protective, it was like becoming an ownership.

00:51So to start getting off really small things at first,

00:57checking my phone, asking about my day,

01:03but it wasn't because he was interested in my day.

01:07It's, you know, who have I come into contact with or, you know,

01:11have I spoken to somebody and over a period of time

01:17it went from being a small thing to a big thing.

01:24Being isolated from my friends and my family

01:31and even not being able to take care of my children.

01:47Yeah.

01:48Yeah.

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01:51Yeah.