Murdered by my boyfriend

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On bbc3 now.

Drama about domestic violence,

Just watched and it's so sad . Especially at the end where it said that 229 women had been killed. Not sure what to do about it except be aware? It was awful and I can't imagine being in that situation

I'm watching it just now and I'm sobbing.

It's so familiar.

The scene where he is hitting her in the bathroom and the little girl is just reading as if nothing is happening got me.

I really hope this gets shown elsewhere too.

It's being repeated again on wed @ 01.30 on bbc3

Just finished watching it on catch up

it's on Thurs at 10pm too - on almost every night this week at some time or other

So so sad, can't stop thinking about ir :-(

Very well written/produced though. Hope that Reece burns in the fires of hell.

Watched this after reading this thread. Don't have words to describe how I feel. Watched it so calmly all the way through but when yhe little girl climbed out of bed to see what was happening I just burst into tears. The poor poor child. I hope she was given an amazing foster family although nothing can ever make up for what she went through. Death sentance would be too good for an a animal like that man but if he ever is released from prison then the justice system is a joke. The sad thing is short of moving her to a safe house on the other side of world the police couldn't have protected her anyway.
Shocking program but I definitely think more people need to see it. We need to know what goes on in the world and if there's any way we can help! Does anyone know what happened to the daughter in real life?

Didn't sleep last night as it kept going over in my mind.

So so sad, I should not have watched it just before the school run. Good job it was sunglasses weather!
It could have closely been me so it seemed all the more real.
I hope that little girl found love with her grandparents and cannot remember that night just remembers the love her mother had for her

that link is quite distressing sorry I should have added that and I'm only assuming its her because of the similarities

Damn. That link is almost identical to the programme so I would say it probably is the couple involved.

Bastard. Thats got to be the case.

It does sound like it is. So awful, poor woman. Hope her little girl can't remember the violence :(

It was so realistic it has stayed on my mind these past two days.

The client who was minimising domestic violence was very true to life. The fact he acted like a 'good dad' also shows how she justified staying with him. How brave of her family to take part and tell her story... It must have been so difficult for them. It should be shown in schools. Well done to bbc three... I hope the channel survives as this is the kind of television that needs to be made for young people.

Watched this on iPlayer today, the end where the little girl was crying for her mummy was absolutely heart breaking, then he put her to bed and grabbed the ironing board, absolute fucking animal.

I have tears in my eyes just thinking about it again.

This was absolutely shocking, DP and I sat in silence afterwards. So completely chilling, especially to know it is true. The bit with all the photos she had to send him was awful.

Horrific. Absolutely horrific.

When he walked up to her at work and head butted her i felt sickened and shocked. It really brought home how evil these abusers are. He knew her friend wouldn't press charges cos Ashley wouldn't let them.

Ashley died in such a brutal brutal way. Left for TWO HOURS! Had she had medicL attention sooner perhaps she would have lived. Would she have left him? We will never know.

My heart went out to her daughter. May she be safe from him always. May Ashley's death not be in vain. I can't stop thinking about her, Jasmine and what she went through.

YY to Jenda and the photographic evidence.

I watched this with DH and we both sat in silence too. Great acting and definitely needs to be on bbc1. I'm not gonna sleep tonight tho

Made me feel sick at the end

if it saves just one person from domestic violence it will make a difference.

Definitely needs to be shown on BBC 1

Absolutely awful. It made me sick to the core how nasty people can be. The most chilling part was his ability to switch on and off. The attack in in the shop was truly horrific as well. 20 years just isn't enough.

I can't understand how you guys are strong enough to watch this sort of thing. Just reading your thread and I know it would finish me off to see even a bit of it.

My worst part was him saying 'get your arms out of the way' ' move the pillow, move it' so he could really hurt her some more. Fucking evil sick bastard. I really hope he gets the shit kicked out if him in prison. Sorry fur the vitriol but that poor poor girl and child. Devastating.

From how you describe it - how do people become like that? Perhaps he was treated appallingly as a young child. It doesn't just come out of nowhere. Which in no way excuses it, obviously. But there is a reason for that kind of behaviour. Getting the shit kicked out of him in prison isn't likely to change the way his brain works, it's far too late for that and he's probably grown up being abused so it will just wash over him and reinforce the persona he already has.