'I was not just fighting cancer. I was up against a monster': Woman outlines abuse at hands of garda partner

'He was beyond evil with his words': Survivor tells court the mental abuse she suffered was worse than the violence he meted out to her over four years of coercive control

In her victim impact statement, the woman said: 'I have survived him with cancer, so I want others to know they can too.' The man, who pleaded guilty to coercive control, is resigning from An Garda Síochána. File picture

A terminally-ill woman has outlined how her former partner, a garda, told her the only reason he had visited her while in hospital was to “watch you bleed to death”.

The 43-year-old woman was giving her victim impact statement in the sentence hearing of the 42-year-old man who harassed, threatened, assaulted, stole from, and controlled the woman for over four years after they met online in 2017.