‘I was left homeless and begging for my baby because of an emotionally abusive relationship’
A woman who left her emotionally abusive ex-partner, moving into a hostel with their six-month old baby, is the “happiest (she has) ever been” since getting her life back on track – working for the social enterprise which helped her find a new career.
Regina Coker, 33, a partnerships executive from Kent, began dating a man in her 20s, but slowly came to realise he was controlling – making her cut all her friends and family out of her life.
Regina fell pregnant in 2015, and one argument with her ex was so bad that she started having contractions – so, when her baby was six months old, she decided to leave.
She was unable to get a council house because all of her finances were in her ex-partner’s name and she struggled to find proof of her address,
