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Woman escapes from violent partner with domestic abuse code word
02.03.2022 - 16:17 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman who was living with a violent partner used a domestic abuse code word to get away from him.
The terrified victim went into a Boots pharmacy in Bootle and asked for "Ani" which signifies that she needed help.
Staff took her into the back room and police contacted her abuser, Anthony Ballard, who was arrested and interviewed.
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According to the ECHO, Ballard, 30, denied the allegations against him but has now pleaded guilty to controlling and coercive behaviour and assault causing actual bodily harm and has been jailed for two years.
Sentencing him Judge Stuart Driver, QC said the coercive behaviour offence spanned months and her victim impact statement revealed she has since been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder and been prescribed medication.
He told Ballard, of Marsh Lane, Bootle, he accepted his "mental health has been poor but appropriate punishment can only be achieved by immediate imprisonment".
He also imposed a ten year restraining order to keep away from his victim.
Liverpool Crown Court heard that at the time of the offences he was on licence from a six year sentence for a conspiracy to commit burglaries imposed in 2017.
He has already been recalled on licence and is not due for release until July next year. The new sentence is to run concurrently.
Derek Jones, prosecuting, told Liverpool Crown Court that the victim met 30-year-old Ballard via a dating website at the end of 2020 and for the first few months their relationship was good.
As time passed she realised he was “very insecure and very jealous and wanted to know where she had been and thinking she had been sleeping with other men".
Mr Jones
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