Good afternoon to everyone. I am new here and this is my first thread. I will give you a brief background to my situation.
I have been married for 13 years but my marriage has been a violent one. I have suffered both mental and physical abuse from my husband throughout our marriage but I haven't been strong enough to leave him. In 2013 he strangled me during an argument and I managed to escape and reported the incidence to the police but I didn't take it further cos I received threats from his family. Around match this year we had another argument and he headbutted me and I believe i suffered some sort of convortion because I fell ill for three weeks after that. On this particular day, I asked him to leave the family home because my kids are now grown and I don't want them witnessing violence anymore and I didn't report it to the police cos i was worried about what will happen to me. A couple of weeks ago I received a letter throgh the mail from my local court asking me to come to the court for a hearing for the non-molestation order which means my husband took one out on me. This has been so distressing as its untrue and I should have taken one out against him but I didn't. pls, can anyone advise on what I can do as my court date is next week. thank you.