The mother of a domestic abuse victim has spoken out about how the perpetrators actions have left her family leading a life of misery.

Miranda Locker’s daughter, Lily Lockwell, was assaulted in May earlier this year when Shaun Hogg, aged 40 of Gilbert Court, punched the mother of his unborn baby twice, before he endured a two-hour stand-off with police as he climbed onto a house roof to resist arrest.

Although he was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court on Tuesday to 12 weeks in prison, Ms Locker remains in a state of constant fear for both her and her daughter, with Hogg due to be released before the end of the year.

Ms Locker said: “When people read about this in the paper, they don’t know how it affects the inside and outside of our family life.

“This is a man who is habitually violent, and we might have to move out of Colchester when he’s released – if that’s the best thing to do then I will do that.”

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Ms Locker had applied for a restraining order on Hogg, who has an appalling criminal record of 52 convictions for 101 offences, but she said that the order was dropped once he was imprisoned, and she must now apply for one again.

The trauma that Ms Locker’s daughter suffered from following the violence she suffered at the hands of Hogg has left her emotionally crippled.

“My daughter thought she was going to die – she wasn’t even well enough to give a victim statement in court.

“I’ve had to put her council house into temporary closure so that she can stay with me – we are being offered a welfare move so that she won’t lose her right to a council house, but why should we move out of our hometown because he keeps getting released?

“It means that other members of my family won’t visit me in case he’s about; I can’t go to my relatives’ house in case he’s about.”

Ms Locker has stayed strong in an attempt to help her daughter recover, but admits she is close to breaking point.

“This situation has negated so many things that we should be going.

“I can’t have anyone to the house, and my landlady thinks the house is going to be set on fire.

“Emotionally, we are in a state of despair because this is just one person who has managed to do this.

“I need to keep her safe, that’s all I’m thinking about.”