SINGLE mum Danielle wasn’t looking for love when she signed up to dating website, Plenty Of Fish. But the 31-year-old, from Tame side, Greater Manchester, was quickly wooed by handsome Ryan Fletcher, 38.Danielle met Fletcher on dating website Plenty Of Fish. The relationship started well but he later became controlling and violent.
Credit: Medavia Things seemed great… at first. But less than a year into their romance, Fletcher became possessive and controlling.
He then turned violent, attacking her so brutally after a night out he triggered a medical condition, which caused a huge tumor to erupt behind her ear. It affected Danielle’s hearing so badly, more than two years on, she is still partially deaf. Here, Danielle bravely shares her story with Fabulous Digital. Fletcher beat Danielle so viciously she developed a tumor behind her ear
MedaviaI hadn’t dated anyone since having my daughter, now six, and wasn’t willing to jump head first into a relationship when I came across Ryan on Plenty Of Fish in June 2016.I’d been on the dating site for ages but, being a single mum, barely had time to use it. But, sat on the sofa one day, I was intrigued by Ryan’s profile. Tattooed, with dark-hair, I was immediately attracted him. And he had messaged me, saying, ‘Hey gorgeous, how are you? Things quickly escalated.
He dragged me home by my hair and savagely beat meDanielle31I typed back and over the next few weeks the messages flew back and forth. Around a month later we went on our first date to a pub in Manchester. We got on really well and increasingly saw each other more. We officially became a couple on Christmas Day that year, not living together but spending a lot of time together.