Victim lauds 'amazing' Women's Aid as court hears man cut her with pizza slicer

During the relationship, the woman's foot was burned and she was headbutted in the face while she was recovering from nasal surgery.

The woman encouraged victims of domestic violence to seek help from services such as Woman's Aid and said they would be heard. File picture: iStock

A woman has told a court that she “might be dead or in a vegetative state” if doctors and gardaí had not intervened to get her away from a violent and controlling partner.

The woman encouraged victims of domestic violence to seek help from services such as Woman's Aid and said they would be heard.