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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Sally Pryor

The sink was smashed, her hand was broken and she was about to become homeless

There were holes punched in the walls, the sink was smashed and Fiona Dace-Lynn had a broken hand.

She had just punched her partner, retaliating after years of violence and abuse, and she knew she had to get out.

She bundled her two young daughters into the car, and, as they drove away in the darkness, and she could see her abuser chasing after them in the rearview mirror, she knew she'd hit rock bottom.

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