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the testimony of John Clough

約翰· 克拉夫的證詞

I never wanted to be anything other than a good husband, a earing dad and to give mt family the best I could. I never wanted to be associated with campaigns for victims of domestic violence.

我唯一想做的就是成為一個好丈夫、一個富有愛心的父親，并為我的家庭傾盡所有。我從來沒想過參與任何為家庭暴力受害者開展的活動。

But on the 25th of july 2010, my life changed forever. My beautiful, loving, intelligent daughter was brutally murdered by her ex-partner, in the grounds of the place she worked as a nurse, Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

但在2010年7月25日，我的生活永遠改變了。我美麗、可愛、細心、聰明的女兒，被她的前男友殘忍殺害，在他作為一名護士工作的地方，布萊克浦維多利亞醫(yī)院。

My daughter's name was Jean Clough. Jane was our second child of three. she was an A-grade student at school, then an exemplary nurse, taking after her mum.

我女兒的名字叫做簡·克拉夫。簡是我們?nèi)齻€孩子中的二女兒。她是學校里的優(yōu)秀學生，然后是一位模范護士，跟他的母親一樣。

She never forgot a birthday or anniversary. She had many friends and she loved a party. She was quite a karaoke star. She had a full life.

她從來不會忘記生日或周年紀念日。她有很多朋友，也喜歡聚會。她是一位歌唱之星。她的生活曾如此充實。

She loved and was loved by so many people, and how she loved her daughter. The bond was so special to see.

她愛著很多人，也被很多人所愛著，是多么愛她的女兒，她們之間的紐帶是如此的特別。

But then afterwards, the most painful thing was to see my granddaughter waiting for her mom to come home. She was just 9 months old. Every time the door opened, she would look for mum. This went on for weeks. Then one day she stopped looking.

但后來，最痛苦的是看到我的孫女等待她媽媽回家，她當時只有九個月大。每次開門她都會去找媽媽，這種情況持續(xù)了幾周，然后有一天，她不再尋找了。

We live with the horror of the trauma yet to come, when the truth has to be revealed to her. Unless you have experienced the type of loss, you can never and never well understand the pain, anguish and grief we have experienced as Jean's family.

但我們必須向她揭露真相時，我們必須面對終將會到來的心理創(chuàng)傷。除非你經(jīng)歷過這種生離死別，你永遠無法理解我們經(jīng)歷的這種痛苦、悲傷，作為簡的家人。

Jane's life was ended by someone who once professed to love her, but he was an abuser and controller. His love was a deception, and the justice system in this country failed to protect her from him.

你的生命被一個曾聲稱愛他的人結(jié)束了，但他是一個施虐者和控制狂。他的愛是一場騙局，這個國家的司法系統(tǒng)，沒能保護她免受他的傷害。

They failed to protect her from a violent man who had been charged with nine counts of rape, and four counts of assault, including sexual assault, because, despite objections from the police, and the Crown Prosecution Service, despite facing all these charges, this man was released on bail. And he went on to brutally murder Jane.

He wanted to prevent her from testifying at his trial. On the day of sentencing, this murderer was given a life sentence, with a minimum term of 30 years. The existing rape and assault charges were ordered to be placed on file and not pursued. Those charges were described as insignificant, that statement was like a knife through my heart.