A Tasmanian woman who was nearly killed by her ex-partner after he snuck into her house and stabbed her and her new partner says she wanted to get tattoos to cover up the scars but was told the skin was too damaged.
Tasmanian man Kerry Whiting was this week found guilty of the 2021 attempted murder of his former partner and the murder of her new boyfriend.
Ms Harris said she had constant nightmares about that night and it was difficult to sleep in the house where the attack happened.Daughter now 'locks herself away' The Family Violence Response and Referral Line offers an information and referral service by which callers are able to access the full range of response, counselling, information and other support servicesIn Ms Harris's son's victim impact statement, he said he was still processing the trauma of fighting his father away from his mother."I still struggle to feel safe enough to fall asleep now, and when I do, I have nightmares.
She said she sometimes sees a man on the street who looks like her son and for "a fleeting moment Adrian is back again", only to remember he is gone. Court told of moment teen grabbed murder accused who 'looked me dead in the face and I saw it was my father'
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