Ms Mason said it was an incident involving their son that finally convinced Charlotte to leave. The defence has denied he wanted an abortion - but they do not deny he went on to physically and verbally abuse her, including lifting her up by her throat, grabbing her stomach and squeezing it hard, and finally, headbutting her while she was pregnant, resulting in her being hospitalised. He attacked her in the shower, allegedly saying she should have had an abortion. Ms Mason said eventually Charlotte moved out - but gave him another chance, after which the emotional and physical abuse continued, even when she became pregnant.

She said yes - but did not reveal the extent of the abuse. One day, Charlotte - who would care for Angela's children when they were staying with their father - asked Angela if he had abused her when they were together. She initially resisted but eventually got them in Tasmania and paid for them herself, the court heard.Ĭharlotte's mother had become suspicious of the man and asked Charlotte multiple times about her injuries. Her friends, who had also suspected something was wrong, called the police.Ĭharlotte did not want him charged but took out a police family violence order against him. Ms Mason alleged the man also encouraged her to get breast implants in Thailand.

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'He expected her to do all the cleaning because she worked less than him and he had an exercise regime.' Sexual assault support services: ' noticed very early on the control he would exert over her relationship,' Ms Mason told the court. Within weeks of Angela leaving, the man met Charlotte (not her real name), soon afterward telling her he loved her and within months asking her to move in with him. Ms Mason told the court after the man assaulted her in front of her children, leaving them inconsolable, she decided to escape. The court heard the man abused her while she was pregnant, at one point spraying mould remover on her. It was easier and there was no point because he'd get turned on by it,' Ms Mason said.Īngela would go on to have children with the man. On a night when they had an argument that was 'worse than usual', the man physically abused her and then raped her, the court heard. 'Whenever she reached this point he would cry, say he wished he was not the way he was and beg her to stay.' 'On a number of occasions tried to leave the relationship,' Ms Mason alleged.

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