Abuse victim's anger as attacker leaves prison.

Byline: Sian Harris

A WOMAN left for dead after being attacked by her partner is demanding to know why she was not told that he had been let out of prison twice on day release.

The mother-of-one is so angry that she has written to the Probation Service, seeking to know why she was left to hear from friends that the man, who battered her while her young child was in the house, had been on home visits.

Her ex-partner, who is serving a jail sentence following last year's assault, had been seen in a neighbouring Valleys village on two dates in the last few months while on day release. When she finally received confirmation from the Probation Service that he had been let out, she was told he was also due for a week-long home visit.

The woman, who wants to remain anonymous, also intends writing to her MP to see what action can be taken to ensure other victims of domestic abuse are informed about the release dates of their attackers, as is their right according to the Government's Victim's Charter.

Last week, her anger was fuelled after she read how a Port Talbot woman hanged herself after unexpectedly seeing the uncle who raped her as a child because she had been given no warning of his release from prison.

She told the Echo: ``When something like this happens to you, you never want another woman or her family to have to go through what you have been through.''

She said: ``Nobody notified me that he was coming out. All it would have taken was a letter or a phone call. The support that I've had from the police, the domestic violence unit and Women's Aid has been brilliant. ``I rang the Probation Service and told them that they had put me in danger because I wouldn't put anything past this man. When I finally spoke to a senior probation officer I found out that I am entitled to all kinds of information.''