Bath woman struggles to leave husband after 11 years of horrific abuse

Bashwantie Dwarka shows some of the bruises she sustained at the hands of her husband.

When Bashwantie Dwarka moved in with her husband she was expecting a life of love, respect and most of all protection. She never expected that she would become a punching bag to the man she loved; be a victim of infidelity  and live under a blanket of shame whenever she walked through the streets of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice.

After 11 years of being beaten, punched and pulled around by her hair, “Maureen” as she is well known has decided to walk away from the relationship but she is finding it very difficult