It's a picture of a mum cuddling her newborn son - but it tells a harrowing story
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIt is a snapshot of a tender moment between a mum and her newborn baby. Yet the quick selfie taken by Rebecca Smith as her tiny son Calvin slept on her chest at home also tells a different, more harrowing story.
The bruising around her right eye also acts as a visual reminder of the abuse meated out on her by a man who claimed to love and care for her.
For the first few months of the relationship between Rebecca, known as Bekah, and her former partner Karl Draper, things were 'great.' But then he turned violent.
And it would be years until she felt able to speak out about her ordeal. READ MORE: John Belfield charged with murder after arrest at Manchester Airport READ MORE: Horror after serious crash in Oldham sees air ambulance scrambled with road closed for hours Bekah, from Kirkby, on Merseyside, met Draper through mutual friends in 2020. "The relationship progressed very quickly, too quickly.
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