A terrified mum has been forced to abandon her home and go into hiding after her violent ex-boyfriend dodged jail—despite threatening to kill her with a machete. Cara Graham, 28, has been living in constant fear since her abusive former partner, Wojciech Okapiec, also 28, walked free from court. For years, she endured relentless physical and emotional torment at his hands, and now she’s left questioning how the justice system allowed him to walk free.
The brute from Livingston was found guilty of a horrifying series of domestic abuse charges at the High Court last month. He admitted to holding a knife to Cara’s throat, threatening to kill her in her sleep, tripping her up so she crashed to the floor, seizing her by the neck, and repeatedly assaulting her. During one terrifying outburst, he even used a machete to hack up her furniture and threatened to burn down her home.
