The Effects of Domestic Violence on David

David was suffering domestic violence at the hands of Sharon. He'd no way of knowing before they met that Sharon already had three previous convictions for domestic violence. One of these occurred in 2004, when she was actually cautioned for a vicious attack on a former partner who was bitten on the forearm and punched on the side of the face. Friends and colleagues of David spoke about a clear decline in him after he started seeing Sharon. His professional life certainly suffered, and he went from being a model employee to becoming regularly absent. Even when he did go to work, he would turn up at courts looking to shevelled, often in shabby clothes, and he seemed distracted. On one occasion he even