A CALNE mother-of-two who was beaten-up so badly by her ex-partner that she was unrecognisable has spoken of her ordeal to raise awareness on Clare’s Law.

Patsy Jacobs suffered a broken eye socket which required surgery, a broken nose and severe bruising after her partner Nathanial Dimond repeatedly punched her in the face.

The 31-year-old was jailed for five-and-a-half-years at Swindon Crown Court at the start of March, following the attack at Miss Jacobs’ home on Zander Road in January.

Miss Jacobs was unaware of Clare’s Law before the attack, which allows someone to find out whether a partner has previously committed domestic violence.

“I want to speak out basically because I found out he had a history of domestic violence abuse, seven incidents, which I would have known if I’d heard of Clare’s Law,” she said.

“It was after the attack I found about Clare’s Law, a police officer said ‘do you know about his history?’, I said no and she told me about Clare’s Law.

“My left eye-socket was broken and he tore the muscle away which means the feelings gone and that’s not going to come back and my nose was broken as well.

“He was stressed out so I sent him out to get some cigarettes and hoped that would calm him down when he came back.

“He got back and had my phone and said there were messages from other guys on it and he shoved the phone in his pocket.

“I couldn’t believe he punched me and he kept punching me like he was in a boxing match.

“My daughter Caity came into the room and said ‘what have you done to my mum’s face?’ and he stopped then, started crying and said he was really sorry.

“If Caity didn’t come in I think he would have carried on.”

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