A mum hanged herself because she was “petrified” of facing her domestic abuser in court. Gemma Robinson, 34, suffered a fractured eye socket at the hands of her jealous ex-lover Joseph Falconer, 33.
The mum-of-two was found dead just hours before the thug tried to secure his release from prison on bail. One month later he admitted inflicting GBH and has now been jailed for three years and four months.
Gemma’s family, who watched the sentencing while holding a photo of her in court, say the term is not long enough. Sister Kirsty Robinson, 33, said: “She’s taken her life because of what he has done.
That’s not justice. “He is 100 per cent to blame. Gemma was very outgoing, very friendly, popular but he left her unrecognisable as a person. “Sh
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