Acid attack: Adele's story

Rounding up our season looking at people seeking justice, we hear from Adele Bellis who suffered an acid attack in August 2014. The attack was arranged by her ex-partner, Anthony, but carried out by someone acting on his behalf. It followed a long and abusive relationship in which Anthony had made numerous threats against Adele and her family, as well as physically attacking her. Adele describes the attack itself, the abusive relationship that preceded it and what came after. Our podcast recommendations of the week are ‘ Parentland ’ and ‘ Paradise ’ available on BBC Sounds. Trigger warnings for this episode: domestic violence, acid attack, coercive control Help and support: Acid Survivors’ Trust Samaritans Call free anytime: 116 123 (UK) Adele’s book, ‘Brave’ is published by Harper Collins You can support us with likes, shares and reviews. Music credits: Main theme: Title: Nancy Author: Grimo ( ) Source: License: CC By 4.0 ( Incidental music: Title: Thunderbird Author: Kevin MacLeod Source: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 Licence Title: Interlude 2 Author: Ashley Burgoyne Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Acid attack: Adele's story is an episode from The Backstory by the backstory podcast.

This episode is 32:39 long.

This episode was published on Mar 5, 2019.

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