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Alex Skeel, recently appeared on television on This Morning, and spoke about the mental and physical torture he endured for months at the hands of his 22-year-old girlfriend, Jordan Worth.

When Alex finally got help because a neighbor heard him screaming, doctors told him he was just days from death, and would not have survived had he not received assistance.During the course of their relationship, 22-year-old Skeel was subjected to every physical and psychological torture technique imaginable, including but not limited to being denied food, being stabbed with a knife, not being allowed to contact his family and friends, being hit with a hammer, bottles, and wood, and even having boiling water poured all over his body.

The domestic abuse survivor was also repeatedly called ‘dumb’, ‘thick’ and ‘stupid’ by his abusive partner.

Alex was mentally and physically tortured by his girlfriend.

He talked about how difficult it was to come forward and escape the situation.

He moved in with her for 9 months, during which time she used to hit and stab him with various objects.
He had suffered second and third degree burns from the boiling water she had poured over his back. When rescued, ambulance staff noted that Alex had self-treated the injuries with cling film. Hospital staff told him that he was 10 days away from death when he was found by authorities.
According to court prosecutor, Maryam Syed, five percent of his entire body was scalded. Syed also told the court that Worth started exercising control over Skeel early on in their relationship, telling him what to wear and who to meet. Worth also broke Skeel’s cellphone so he would not have contact with family and friends, and made him sleep on the floor for 8 months without bedding.
In one incident, she told Alex that his grandfather, the family member he was closest to, had passed away. She then scolded him for crying and being upset only to reveal later that she had made up the whole thing.

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