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Wales Online
National
Ffion Lewis

'Can we have an ambulance please, my daddy has just attacked my mammy' The sickening domestic abuse epidemic gripping Wales by those who survived

"Can we have an ambulance please, my daddy has just attacked my mammy." The haunting words uttered by an eight-year-old on a 999 call.

As the call continues, the child's voice disappears and is replaced by muffled screams as a man continues his barrage of abuse.

The phone cuts off. The emergency responder calls back and a woman answers. "It's just my ankle, I'll be fine. I don't want to waste an ambulance."

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