'There was absolutely no way I could defend myself, my daughter and my friend if he got into the house.’
‘You can hear the banging and it sounds like he’s coming through the door’ Kate can still recall how long and hard she thought about how to tackle a day she knew would be difficult. But she could never have envisaged how it would turn out to be one of the worst of her life. She was meeting with her ex to try and amicably discuss ways he could safely see their child. So Kate made the decision to see him in a pub with an outside area so they would be in a public space.
She says her faith in the police service was ‘completely destroyed’ until an officer in the victim’s unit helped her take her case to criminal court and get her ex prosecuted for harassment. ‘It was years and years of hell. I still can’t sleep in the dark. I still sleep with the light on – there’s certain elements that will never go,’ she says. Who to call if you need help For emotional support you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline, run by Refuge and Women’s Aid, on 0808 2000 247.
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