It was April 2021 when Deborah decided to leave her husband, but the threats and violence started well before that.
Deborah (her real name has been withheld as she has a restraining order against her former partner and still fears for her life) suffered domestic abuse at the hands of her former husband for years as her work colleagues looked the other way.
But unlike many victims of domestic and family violence, she wasn't relying on her former husband to pay the bills.