LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A mother has been reportedly beaten to an unrecognizable state by her violent partner, in her home in Lancashire, England.
According to reports, the woman, who pleaded anonymous, was left with a brain injury and a broken jaw after she was brutally attacked by her 44-year-old partner, Karl Machin, who filmed it on his mobile phone.
She also lost a number of teeth, had a concussion as Machin broke her orbital floor in her left eye socket, which caused her eyelid to not shut properly and droop down.
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According to Mail Online, the injuries are so severe that when one of the officers attending the scene saw her, he thought the blood in her hair was actually red hair.
Machin, from Blackpool, admitted to causing grievous bodily harm with intent and was convicted to seven years and two months in prison, with a 10-year restraining order.
The woman, opening up to journalists about the assault for the first time, said she suffers from nightmares, flashbacks and panic attacks from what happened.
“Although I received significant physical injuries the emotional and psychological damage to me has been just as horrific,” she said.
“The trauma and psychological distress this has caused me is immeasurable. I suffer with flashbacks, nightmares.
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“I also am experiencing trauma responses and triggering such as hyper vigilance. hyper-arousal, anxiety and very distressing panic attacks. I am nervous in big crowds and do not like being in enclosed spaces especially with men around.
“I am on edge and feel exposed and unsafe, always on the look over my shoulder in case someone is behind me who might hurt me. I struggle to sleep due to nightmares as even in my sleep I relive what happened to me.”
She added, “I have no real idea of the true impact emotionally of the attack will be and must be realistic in it may leave me with lifelong repercussions on my self-confidence and esteem.
“But I am striving and trying my best to regain some of the old me back. I do however feel that I have had my safety and peace of mind robbed from me.
“I do not feel I am not safe here in my home anymore, as it is now stained and tainted with the traumatic memories of what happened in it.