Woke to SB calling the girls bastards. It fucking upset me. I took My eldest to school, no apology when I returned. Jehovah’s Witnesses called, still no apology. SB went on my laptop and I pressed him for an apology. He refused, calling me a range of derogatory words, including bastard and c**t. He’d thump anyone for calling him names like that. Am I just supposed to put up with it?

I became distraught wanting an apology for calling me names. Then he went on about how our relationship was a joke and that I didn’t deserve one. The way he treated me and my daughters, I hit back with “You don’t deserve a family”, which obviously hit a nerve and he threw the laptop down on the floor. The screen shattered and it died. He put his hand around my neck, spat in my face, shouldered my chest and called me a prick, then he then headed to the bathroom with some pointy thing… all in front of my wee two-year old daughter…