I have just finished watching ‘Murdered by my boyfriend’
which was shown on BB3 tonight and I have to say it really hit a nerve. I am at
a loss on what to say about it really. It has to be, hands down, one of the
hardest hitting things I have ever seen.
It starts off with you meeting the main character Ashley, a
party going, young and beautiful 17 year old girl. She is part time in college
and part time working in clothing shop. We see her meet her soon to be
boyfriend Reece and I’m not going to lie, I was jealous of her. Reece seemed
like the most perfect boyfriend, calling her beautiful, impressing all her
friends even promising her to fully support her when she unexpectedly falls
pregnant just 3 months into the relationship. But as the title suggests this
all changes. He soon turns violent with her, isolating her from her friends and
being controlling. A few scenes are shown where he is physically abusive to her
and I must admit, it’s scary and extremely hard to watch. The actress playing
Ashley does an amazing job and really shows all the different emotions that are
felt in a relationship like this.
I don’t know whether it was hard to watch because of the
violence or because of the awful feeling at the back of mind that I am lucky
that wasn’t me. The final scene shows Reece repeatedly hitting, kicking and
stamping on his girlfriend and eventually beating her with an ironing board.
After doing some further reading I found out that, Miss Brittle, which was the real name of the woman involved, died in
hospital from 27 injuries to her head, including her jaw fractured on both side.
Her partner whose real name was Sanchez Williams, then sat next to her body for
two hours while she lay unconscious. It was only after this when she taken into
hospital did she die. Who knows if he would have rang the ambulance earlier
maybe she would have lived.
What really
hit me about this final scene is as it was being shown it cut to a shot of
Ashley’s eyes with slow motion feathers and a very quiet background. The peace
and tranquillity of this shot almost showed thee relief that in some ways she
must of felt. After the years of fear and pain, in some ways she was finally
free. Although I can only imagine how brutal, painful and scary this must have
been for her I take some comfort knowing that Mr Williams was sentenced to life
in prison. Not only that but this programme has been trending on twitter,
meaning it can act as a warning to many people weather it helps friends
recognise the signs of domestic violence, or gives victims the push they need
to speak out.
My thoughts
go out to Miss Brittle’s friends and family and remember you are not alone.
Speak up, there is a way, there is help.
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