A mum who claims she was assaulted by her ex-partner says her life has become a ‘nightmare’ after social services moved her to a women’s refuge in a different county.
The woman, who the M.E.N has chosen not to name, says she is forced to travel 80 miles a day, five days a week, to take her three young children to school in Greater Manchester.
She has told the Manchester Evening News that she was moved to the refuge in Cheshire West by Trafford Social Services, after her former boyfriend was bailed from custody pending a trial.
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He has previously pleaded not guilty to offences of criminal damage and assault by beating at Manchester Magistrates Court.
After her ex-partner was granted bail to an address less than a mile away from the alleged victim’s house, she was contacted by Trafford Council who informed her she had to leave, she says.
The mum says she is now paying £120 a week on petrol to take her children to school in the Greater Manchester area – and has received no financial support.
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