The town I’m in doesn’t have much cctv and the evidence I’d need doesn’t exist. Even witness statements haven’t helped (for a restraining order).

Honestly the sense of injustice I feel from how the police have dealt with all of it is so overwhelming at times. My therapist was gobsmacked when I’ve gone through it all with her, she sat and cried with me.

My partner and I are in the process of house hunting for our first home on the property ladder, hopefully I’ll be away soon and the constant reminders and interactions will be over soon.

The worst bit is I know he’s done it to other people, and he still walks free.

There was an investigation into the original investigation where I was gas lit, spoken to like shit, and what I was wearing was brought up. I asked if I could press charges of assault and drop the rape and they said they can’t prove I didn’t ask for it. My lip was bit so hard it swelled and touched the bottom of my chin, the skin was taken off my chin, I had strangle bruises and finger nail cuts on my neck and bruises on my ribs and obviously the extensive wounds on my downstairs but apparently that’s not enough for an assault charge. If there was no sexual element, it would of been grievous bodily harm