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Eye-gouge victim Tina Nash's new boyfriend on assault charge | Eye-gouge victim Tina Nash's new boyfriend on assault charge |
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The new boyfriend of Tina Nash, whose former partner was jailed for life for gouging out her eyes, is facing a charge of attacking her. | |
Roland Alli, 32, from Plymouth, who denies assault, was remanded in custody by Truro magistrates until 25 June. | Roland Alli, 32, from Plymouth, who denies assault, was remanded in custody by Truro magistrates until 25 June. |
The attack allegedly happened on Sunday in Penzance. | The attack allegedly happened on Sunday in Penzance. |
Mother-of-two Ms Nash, 32, was blinded by Shane Jenkin as she slept in April 2011. He was jailed last year and told he would serve at least six years. | |
'Buried alive' | |
Miss Nash said she had suffered repeated attacks by Jenkin in the year before the eye-gouging attack. | |
She told the BBC after Jenkin was jailed: "It makes me feel like I've been buried alive. I feel like a ghost. I can have everyone around me but I can't even see my own hand in front of my face. | |
"When I hear my kids I can't see their faces." | |
A year later she said she was "coming to terms with it". | |
She said: "I was in quite a dark place. But I thought 'I've got to get on with my life'. I'm now the same me as what I was before." | |
Ms Nash has written a book to help other victims of domestic violence and to highlight the help that is available. | Ms Nash has written a book to help other victims of domestic violence and to highlight the help that is available. |
"It was so hard because I didn't understand domestic violence until it happened to me," she said. | |
The book, Out Of The Darkness, describes how she suffered months of beatings and domestic abuse from Jenkin before he gouged out both her eyes, telling her: "You're never going to see your kids again." | The book, Out Of The Darkness, describes how she suffered months of beatings and domestic abuse from Jenkin before he gouged out both her eyes, telling her: "You're never going to see your kids again." |
She also writes of her life after the attack and how her children have given her the courage to continue. | She also writes of her life after the attack and how her children have given her the courage to continue. |
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