All news by author: Ann Cusack

WARNING, DISTRESSING DETAILS: Tracey Millington-Jones branded Christopher Farrow "a danger to society" as the killer evaded justice for six years after murdering Wendy Speakes in Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Sarah’s devastated mum revealed the 31-year-old tried several times to end her relationship - before she was brutally murdered and dumped in an isolated layby

Lee Ellison and Sarah Etchells from Manchester were together for 20 years with two children - but behind closed doors, Sarah feared for her life over the controlling 'monster'

Kasey Anderson was stabbed to death before his 25th birthday by his much older girlfriend Natalie Bennett, who had been subjecting him to a campaign of physical and mental abuse

Jade Couperthwaite, from Bolton, tragically found her sister dead on a sofa last year - and then walked into a bedroom to find her brother had met the same fate

Ella, 21, who lost both her parents, said she and her family were left 'in shock' listening to the verdict of her dad's killer - as his sentence was "reduced and reduced again".

Alexis Flavin, 39, from Penarth, has spoken of her ordeal at the hands of brutal Jonathan Cole who throttled her as she lay in bed with their baby daughter

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Zoe Dronfield, now 47, almost died during a horrific eight-hour attack by her ex, Jason Smith - after he was jailed for 10 years she found out he had assaulted 13 other women

Sabrina Cowley, from Cheshire, has twice been the victim of stalking and harassment and says women should be able to celebrate their bodies without fear of men over-stepping the mark

Georgie Moss from Wigan gave birth to little Poppy in just five minutes while still at home at 3.05am on Christmas Day. This year she hopes the festivities will be less eventful

Damien Vernon disappeared in December 2014 leaving his daughter, Courtney without a dad - every year she still wraps him a gift and makes his favourite food

Mia Brehme from Leigh, Greater Manchester, was just 23 years old when she was given the devastating diagnosis, she passed away last month leaving behind her three-year-old daughter, Kyla-Mae

Karen Milner, 46, has had anorexia since was in her teens, but in February this year she was given the devastating news that she had as little as just one year left

Upon finding out she had a 90% chance of breast cancer due to carrying the BRCA1gene, Siobhan Gracey made a brave decision

Chenine Woods, a 37-year-old single mum from Cheshire, says she still "feels threatened" by the memory of her attacker, Frank Barham, after he was released from jail

It's been 20 years since Blackpool teenager Charlene Downes disappeared after police believe she was murdered by a grooming gang - with mum Karen Downes saying the family still remain no closer to justice

Michelle Sallis, 27, from Wigan, was abused by her stepdad who callously told her years later 'I just wanted to know what it felt like to have sex with someone else'

Mother-of-three Melissa Kinsella complained she felt like she was 'dying' before she then had a massive seizure and cardiac arrest while waiting to fly home from Turkey

Thrice-married electrician Mark Rowlands tied the knot with Kerry Adams at the Holiday Inn in June 2021 - despite still being married to his second wife, Hayley Brown

Sophie White, from Rotherham, says she is "hoping for a miracle" after suffering a mild seizure and being diagnosed with a Grade 4 glioblastoma earlier this year

WARNING DISTRESSING: Christina O’Connor fell into the clutches of a grooming gang when she was 14 and the abuse destroyed her chances of normal relationships and a career

Robert Lawani was left with the devastating job of having to tell his two children their mother and baby sister had both died after Sabine had complications seven months into the pregnancy

Katarzyna Bastek recalled how her hero son Jakub Szymanski, 15, tried to tackle her former partner Suleman Altaf after he crept into their home before he was stabbed to death

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. Beth Budgen, 46, is learning to adapt to walking with prosthetic legs and believes she has been given a second shot at life to help support other sepsis survivors

Kalen Waugh was just 16 when he drowned after getting into difficulty in very cold water at Ontario Basin at Salford Quays last July, an inquest in Bolton concluded