A helpless woman who was locked up every night and chained to her evil partner was held hostage in her own home during a 'reign of terror' for five years. Michael Cooper, 50 fitted bars to the windows and forced her to sleep in the loft as his prisoner, a court was told, the Mirror reports.
He restrained her by chaining her arm to his own and secured it with a padlock before she eventually managed to escape in June 2020 and called the police. The victim said Cooper has 'ruined my life' as the court heard she was locked up every night and even had to ask her abusive partner for permission to use the toilet.
In a statement from the victim read out in Preston Crown Court she revealed that she had lived in fear of being attacked and every aspect of her life was 'controlled' by Cooper. She stated: “I was living in constant fear of being assaulted, locked away, ridiculed and undermined.
