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'He terrifies me' — assault victim forced to wait years for justice

More than three years after a savage beating by her domestic partner, a Windsor woman finally saw her attacker sentenced to jail. ....

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As pandemic drags on, more women reporting acts of domestic violence

If he finds her, she fears the worst.
She feels like it’s a life sentence that the fear will never end.
“In the beginning, it was more mental, emotional, controlling behaviour,” said Stairs, a 30-year-old Windsor lawyer. “And then, as I said, in the last two weeks (of the relationship) it became physical assault.
“When I went to the police it was really because I was terrified in that moment. I had broken up with my boyfriend and was receiving really scary, threatening messages.”
It continues to weigh on her.
“What I wanted was to just be done with him,” Stairs said. “And for it all just to go away and to never have to deal with it again. ....

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