My boyfriend attacked me with a knife

MUM SAYS SHE'S NOW FREE FROM ABUSE SHE ONCE THOUGHT WAS 'NORMAL' BEHAVIOUR

- PAIGE OLDFIELD

SHATTERED glass, a tiny shoe, and two melted ice creams on the floor.

Stepping back inside her family home, Bobbie-Leigh Tindall could still hear the sound of her daughters' screams.

It had been less than 24 hours since her husband had left her battered and bloodied in a terrifying attack. The nightmare unfolded not long after she had returned home from an Easter egg hunt with her two children.

Unaware their dad was waiting upstairs with a knife, her young kids sat down to enjoy their treats from the ice cream van. What happened next has been likened to a scene from a horror film.

Bobbie-Leigh had just reached the top of her staircase when she was met by Jack Lowther, her partner of 15 years. He 'slapped her 20 times'; punched and throttled her; before pulling a knife from his pocket.

Tragically, their children witnessed the entire ordeal and ran from the Oldham house crying.

Beautician Bobbie-Leigh, 28, man-aged to stumble downstairs, but collapsed in the kitchen.