Rat trap

Armani Milliard, 25, Woodbridge

As Shamal twirled my boys, Diyari, then 3, and Karim, 1, around the swimming pool, they giggled away.

‘Again, Daddy, again,’ Diyari shouted.

Although Shamal wasn’t the boys’ biological dad, he was a great father figure.

And he loved that they called him Daddy.

Hard-working, and loving, I felt lucky to have Shamal as my boyfriend.

True, we’d had a rocky start together.

I’d been a heavily pregnant single mum when we met on Facebook in early 2016.

Love had blossomed after Karim was born.

Only, three months in, I saw messages from Shamal’s ex on his phone – he’d been unfaithful.