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Kaitlin Easton

Scots mum's abusive ex branded 'M' for Mark into her skin to 'prove he owned her'

A Scots mum has told how her controlling ex branded her back with the letter M to prove 'he owned her' in an abusive relationship that lasted seven years.

Vile thug Martin Burns told Amanda McManus, 30, that no one would believe he was abusing her because the majority of the attacks were not physical.

During his reign of terror, the 31-year-old subjected Amanda, from Johnstone, to a torrent of emotional and physical trauma.

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