When police officer Lee Broadbent applies hand gel he has to choose it carefully in case it trigger traumatic flashbacks from 13 years ago.
If the hand sanitizer is too oily, the gel reminds him of the feeling of blood on his hands, and it can cause him to spiral.
This is just one of the effects of trauma left behind after Lee, 39, was the first responder to arrive on the scene of the brutal murder of a young mum in Tameside, Manchester in 2008. READ MORE: This is the teenager who murdered dad-to-be Charlie Elms All too clearly he remembers looking into the frightened eyes of Monika Jakusz as she lay dying of 18 stab wounds.
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