Ashley was only going on a harmless holiday, but her boyfriend saw red…

He told me I could trust him. Believing him was my first mist ake

I should’ve been safe staying with family

She went to work one morning, but horror was about to unfold

It took me 18 years, but I finally wip the smirk off that monster’s face

When my partner Daniel, then 50, turned to me with a glint in his eye and suggested we get married, I almost laughed at how unromantic it all was. It was November 2020, and we were watching TV at home