Im being ignored: Nova Scotia woman says justice system failing her in IPV case [Video]

Brandi Whynot claims she has lived the last four years in fear, as her intimate partner violence case moves through the court system.

“If I speak out and someone sees my face and hears my story maybe it will help them get out of their situation,” she said.

Back in 2021, just after giving birth to her daughter, Whynot said she was attacked by her ex-partner.

Things hadn’t been perfect in their relationship, but she said she’d been trying hard to make it work for her family.

“There was a morning that I woke up, and he was smoking in the house, which I’d told him not to do multiple times because I have asthma, the baby had asthma,” Whynot alleged.

“I took the cigarette from him, and I put it out, and I turned around to walk away. When I turned around, he came at me from behind,” she said, her voice trembling.

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