Nicola revealed that the abuse has left her suffering from nightmares in which she would experience flashbacks of the attacks. She said: “To this day I will do things the way he liked out of habit and fear of the consequences of doing it wrong.”

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I fear leaving my own home in case I were to meet him in public.”ĭescribing Donnelly as controlling, Nicola said that during what she called “frenzied attacks”, she told us she would sustain painful injuries at the hands of the man who was supposed to love and protect her from harm. “This will haunt me forever and has turned me into an extremely stressed and anxious individual. “I spend days in tears coming to terms with what has happened to me. “I portray myself to be an outgoing, confident individual to the outside world, but I simply am not”, she said. Speaking out in a bid to encourage more victims of domestic abuse to come forward, Nicola revealed she still lives in fear. This included shouting and swearing, punching holes in walls and a door and breaking picture frames. He was also convicted of threatening or abusive behaviour towards his ex-wife between January 2016 and November 2019. The court heard that the violence included pinning Nicola against walls, slapping her, grabbing her by the neck, pushing and pulling her, seizing her wrists and pushing his head against hers.īruising on the side of Nicola's head (Image: EAST KILBRIDE NEWS) In my opinion he should be in prison to have time to think about his actions and the pain he has caused.” “Then to be told this is more than what a lot of victims get is appalling. I left the court feeling like my life meant nothing, he walked away whilst I had suffered far more than he ever will for his crimes. Nicola has bravely spoken out about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her 'monster' ex-husband who left her fearing for her life, the Record reports.īlasting the sentence, Nicola, 36, said: “I was subjected to a week-long trial, having to divulge the most horrendous times in my life. READ MORE: Police called to Glasgow hospitals 4,400 times as 'worrying' new figures emerge

The 37-year-old dodged a prison sentence from Hamilton Sheriff Court as Sheriff John Speir instead placed him under supervision for 12 months and ordered him to carry out 250 hours of unpaid community work.

Mark Donnelly avoided a custodial sentence after being found guilty of assaulting Nicola Thompson in East Kilbride on various occasions between January 2016 and January 2020. A domestic abuse survivor who lived a life of hell with her violent ex-husband for years has hit out at his 'appalling sentence'.

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