Lock him up and throw away the keys

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This is one of the sickest things I've read about for some time.

'I thought I would die'

“IT was like hell and I am lucky to be alive.” Those are the words of “house of horrors” survivor Avril Gordon, 52, speaking from her hospital bed yesterday afternoon.

Gordon was rushed to hospital in a critical condition late last Thursday after being locked up, savagely burnt and almost beaten to death with chains and table legs, in what police have described as a horrifying case of domestic violence.

Yesterday morning Gordon underwent more surgery on her face but will have to have further operations to repair part of her skull, which is still exposed.

She described the past three months of torture as a “vicious jealousy feud” in which her husband, Frederick, falsely accused her of talking to other men.

“It was hell and I am glad it is over,” she said softly. “Even when I was locked in the bathroom he accused me of talking to people through the window.”

Gordon said that at one stage she had thought the ordeal was over and “I was going to die”.

He used to lock me in the bathroom or bedroom every day when he went to work,” she said.

“When he came home he used to let me out and beat me with either a piece of wood or chain. I was too terrified to do anything.”

Over the past two weeks, however, the violence had intensified. “It got much worse and if the police had not found me I think I would have died. He used to beat me before going to work and then again when he got home.”

The abuse started two years back when Avril first met Frederick while he was based at an air force base in Johannesburg, where she was living. “He used to beat me when I first met him and I eventually could not take it anymore and moved in with my daughter, who also lived in Johannesburg,” she said.

“After a few months he came back telling me he had changed and that we must try going out again. I left my job at the time and when he was transferred to Port Elizabeth I moved with him.”

Police said the couple had married about six months ago. Avril’s daughter, Vallery Figueria, 31, flew into Port Elizabeth yesterday after police contacted her grandmother. If I did not know it was my mother I would not be able to identify her. I am so angry and so shocked at this.”

Figueria said she had been unable to get hold of her mother telephonically as Frederick made excuses as to her whereabouts.

“Whenever I called her phone it told me the subscriber was unavailable so I had to try to get hold of her through him,” she said. “I called all the time and he always had an excuse like he was at the shops or at work. One time in February he let me speak to her but I could hear I was on speaker phone.”

Figueria said that during the conversation she had attempted to get “some kind of signal” as to where her mother was and if she was alright. “I suspected there was abuse but when I spoke to her she said everything was fine,” she said. “When I spoke to my mom now she said he had warned her to say that.”

Frederick Gordon is due to appear in court today on a charge of attempted murder.
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http://www.peherald.com/news/article/1018
 
Yip, thats PE for you..

edit: ugly joke I know, sorry for the lady and hope the guy gets his turn in prison.
 
The abuse started two years back when Avril first met Frederick while he was based at an air force base in Johannesburg, where she was living. “He used to beat me when I first met him and I eventually could not take it anymore and moved in with my daughter, who also lived in Johannesburg,” she said.

“After a few months he came back telling me he had changed and that we must try going out again. I left my job at the time and when he was transferred to Port Elizabeth I moved with him.”

Police said the couple had married about six months ago.
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What this nut job did is inexcusable but at the same time I have very little sympathy for her as she choose to put herself in that situation knowing full well what he was like.
 
Now we have to fund his boarding and 3 meals a day in prison.

Prefer to put the animal down frankly
 
MickeyD said:
She was locked up in a flat and chained to the bath. She could not escape. The neighbours eventually became suspicious and called the authorities.
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That was only recently, after they were already married.

The abuse started two years back when Avril first met Frederick while he was based at an air force base in Johannesburg, where she was living. “He used to beat me when I first met him and I eventually could not take it anymore and moved in with my daughter, who also lived in Johannesburg,” she said.
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MickeyD said:
She was locked up in a flat and chained to the bath. She could not escape. The neighbours eventually became suspicious and called the authorities.
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Couldn't she shout for help when he went to work.

Most bathrooms in most flats are located close to the corridor.

She knew this man was abusive before she married him.
Why then did she go ahead and marry him?

This guy should be sentenced to 25 years hard labour in a chain gang fixing potholes.
 
They should shoot him in the kneecaps and make him run the comrades at gunpoint. Every time he stops he should be branded with an iron.
 
It sounds to me the guy has a psychological disorder.

EDIT: It is probably obvious to so don't flame me :o
 
Nothxkbi said:
I think he acted well within reason, she stepped out of the kitchen and got disciplined. You know why womens feet are shorter than a mans? So they can get closer to the sink.
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You must have been drunk when you wrote this. Or maybe you were sober and you are permanently this dimwitted.

Back on topic:
It's hard to understand why women would continue their relationships with abusive men, even after those men have shown their true colours. Deep psychological issues.

Anyway, the issue is not the women, but the men and their vile behaviour - now THERE is a psychologist's dream.
 
This is nothing new in society.Its been happening for centuries.
Humans are savages.
 
Nothxkbi said:
I think he acted well within reason, she stepped out of the kitchen and got disciplined. You know why womens feet are shorter than a mans? So they can get closer to the sink.
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+1

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