Man stabbed 15 times by his wife but ‘no one believed him’

A male domestic abuse survivor said no one would believe his wife had stabbed him 15 times.

Man stabbed 15 times by his wife  but ‘no one believed him’

And as he recovered in hospital, his wife secured a protection order and the man lost any relationship he had with his two children.

“My daughter made her Confirmation but I was the criminal at the back of the church. I didn’t get a photograph with my daughter. I didn’t get anything. I was like a scumbag and it’s wrong. It’s very, very wrong,” he said.

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