A female victim of domestic violence (Picture: PA) A MAN twice assaulted his partner after they had both been out drinking. Blackburn magistrates heard on the second occasion Joshua Higginson elbowed the victim in the face and a doctor later told her she was lucky her eye-socket had not been fractured. She later told police the incident had left her feeling trapped. I feel one day I could die at his hands, she said. Luckily I still have the live and support of my family. I never want to see him again and I never want him to have any contact with me.