My day in court

Finally, yesterday, my day in court arrived. I held my head high, inside I was like jelly, especially when I walked past his mum, dad and daughter sat staring at me in the waiting room. 5 days before he assaulted me I was THE BEST THING THAT HAD EVER HAPPENED TO HIM, now they probably would not even spit on me if I was on fire :(

I was taken through and shown the witness stand, shown the screens that had been put in place to enable me to give my evidence without having to look at him, and even given the option of giving my testimony via videolink in a seperate room upstairs. I was a nevous wreck but determined to stay as strong as I could and try to stay composed and give the best evidence I could.

It again was taken out of my hands, he took a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty to assaulting me but had the charges of resisting arrest dropped. The police were only too happy to drop them as my charge was the most serious and he will now have a conviction for assault against him for the rest of his life :)

They will sentence him in 2 weeks, probably some form of community service and hefty court costs, but the main thing is he has a criminal record at long last and will have to think twice before he attacks another woman in the future.

The last 10 weeks have been the most traumatic I've ever experienced, but it's nearly over and I can start moving on at last and put this terrible nightmare behind me. I know I still have a long way to go in healing but I'm going to do my damndest to come out of this a stronger, less nieve and gullible lady.

There is a new me bubbling somewhere under the surface now, I'm going to find her and set her free on the world :)