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Male domestic abuse victim stopped from using bathroom and toilet

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Gareth Jones , 41 , says it took more than a year of therapy to begin to recover from abuse.

He was subjected to daily verbal and physical abuse from Sarah Rigby , 41 .

Rigby was given a 20-month prison sentence suspended for two years earlier this year .

Charity says male domestic abuse is not as rare as some people think.

One in six or seven men will be a victim in their lifetime, charity says.

Gareth left his abuser with "only the clothes on my back" and has had to start from scratch financially, make a new home, and build friendships back up.

"It knocked my confidence for a long time... I had low self-esteem because of the constant abuse," he said.

He added there is a stigma around men talking about being abused and wanted to change that.

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