Chelmsford Crown Court heard she had been in an abusive relationship with 24-year-old Tony McLernon.
The jury has heard unemployed Mr McLernon, of North Grove, had been in an abusive relationship with Miss Blunnie.
Mary Anne escaped an abusive relationship and found herself alone in Southern California with a child and no work skills.
They face the greatest danger right when they leave an abusive relationship.
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Many victims know instinctively what friends and family usually don't: The most lethal time in an abusive relationship is after you leave.
There could be bigger issues affecting children's behavior and attention, like a death in the family, an abusive relationship and other life experiences, experts said.
She eventually suffered depression and found herself in an abusive relationship.
As shocking as statistics like these may be, domestic violence remains a perennial national concern because unfortunately, breaking free from an abusive relationship can be tremendously difficult.
She told peers that two women died in the UK every week as a result of domestic violence, while another 230 needed help to leave an abusive relationship.
The cycle of abuse is a social theory developed by Lenore Walker, who taught at the Rutgers Medical School, to describe an often-predictable pattern in an abusive relationship.
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When Krystal's sister, Renee, left her second abusive relationship, she turned to her family, who had stuck by her and helped her move away from her first abuser.
In Illinois a mother of four children, who is bipolar and in an abusive relationship, tells FORBES how she was ready to try suicide by jumping from her third-floor balcony.
The court heard she was abused as a child and bullied at school, she was raped in her teenage years, before entering an abusive relationship during which her then boyfriend shaved her hair off to stop her going out.
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The best recognition I receive every day is when an Arab women comes to show me her new naturalization certificate, or when an Arab American student comes to share news that they have been accepted into a college of their choice, or when a mother has left an abusive relationship and is now safe.
Det Sgt Chloe Webber said there were "many factors at this time" which may lead to a relationship becoming abusive.
The couple met while working at a supermarket in 1999 and after the relationship turned abusive she confided in her unhappiness to a number of people.
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All of this means that, for an outsider who observes even some dubious parenting practice, it can be hard to tell whether a relationship is actually abusive, or whether you've simply caught a family on a bad day.
Arias spent 18 days on the witness stand describing an abusive childhood, cheating boyfriends, dead-end jobs, a shocking sexual relationship with Alexander, and her contention that he had grown physically violent.
It can be extraordinarily difficult for women in abusive marriages to get a divorce, no matter how much they want to leave the relationship.
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