A domestic abuse survivor described how her violent partner threatened to stab their pet dog if she left him.
Wendy Turner-Webster was married only six months when her first husband turned violent.
She had always loved dogs but when the couple got one of their own he used it to coercively control her.
“One time Rupert (the dog) had made a mess in the house as a puppy does and I remember him scooping Rupert up by neck and shoved him in my face and said ‘I could strangle him, and this is what I would like to do to you’,” Wendy explained.