Samantha (not her real name) is educated. All she ever wanted was a stable and healthy relationship. Speaking from a refuge where she has been living with her newborn fourth child she recalls her story.
Forced to kneel on the verandah by her machete-wielding partner, she kept thinking ‘Just get out and survive’. His sister started to call the police and he turned around to say ‘What are you doing?’
“I ran as fast as I could – and felt like spewing the whole way – to where my baby was, grabbed them and ran through the bush.”
Read the full story here.
Forced to kneel on the verandah by her machete-wielding partner, she kept thinking ‘Just get out and survive’. His sister started to call the police and he turned around to say ‘What are you doing?’
“I ran as fast as I could – and felt like spewing the whole way – to where my baby was, grabbed them and ran through the bush.”
Read the full story here.
