Upset mother

Posted by: Di
13/03/08 at 6:14 pm

Hi I am hoping someone can help.  8 years ago my daughter moved to the UK from Canada.  4 years ago she married an English guy, they now have a home and a child with a second child on the way.  In the past year she has caught her husband taking obscene photo's of himself and text mesaging them to a woman.  He has pinned her against a wall and shouted at her several times and when she is working evenings takes their daughter to either his parents or one of his siblings so that he can go out. He is also very controlling and will not let her do things like talk to the midwife or doctor on her own but insists that he accompany her. Last night she had to work an evening shift.  She was sick at work and came home early to find that he had left their daughter with his brother and that he was in bed with another woman. 

My daughter desperately wants to leave that environment as it is toxic to her and their child.  However she has no support in England and would like to come home to Canada.  She is frightened that she will not be able to leave with her daughter.  Can anyone advise.

Thanks for any help.  As you can imagine I am a frantic Mum living several thousdand miles away and feelnig quite unable to help.