I Survived 18 Years Of Abuse & Attempted Murder | Minutes With

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In this week's episode of Minutes With, we spoke to the remarkable Rachel Williams, who survived 18 years of domestic abuse at the hands of her husband, Darren. Rachel describes how manipulation and coercive control quickly developed into a first shocking attack, where Darren choked her whilst pregnant with their son. After nearly two decades of abuse, Darren launches his final violent assault in broad daylight and shoots Rachel twice with a sawn-off shotgun. Rachel's story of resilience shows that there is life after domestic abuse. Thank you to Rachel Williams for participating in this Minutes With episode.  Please follow this link for more information on domestic abuse and Rachel's campaign work: www.sutda.org  Rachel would like to highlight two websites. Refuge for help and advice on domestic abuse: https://donate.refuge.org.uk/ and Paladin for additional information on stalking:  https://www.paladinservice.co.uk/ Rachel’s book The Devil At Home: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/437069/the-devil-at-home-by-rachel-williams/9781785037658 00:00 - 00:41 - Intro 00:41 - 02:02 - Life Before Abuse 02:02 - 03:40 - Meeting Darren 03:40 - 06:20 - Manipulation & Coercive Control 06:20 - 07:52 - The First Assault 07:52 - 09:12 - Violence Kicked In Quickly 09:12 - 11:25 - Living With A 'Psychopath' 11:25 - 13:30 - Police Were Scared Of Him 13:30 - 14:18 - Arsenal Of Weapons 14:18 - 16:56 - Strangulation 16:56 - 19:40 - Stalking 19:40 - 24:45 - He Had A Sawn-Off Shotgun 24:45 - 27:35 - Jack 27:35 - 29:31 - It Affected Everyone 29:31 - 34:01 - Life After Domestic Abuse & Campaigning