{"id":215925,"date":"2019-12-28T11:42:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T17:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=215925"},"modified":"2019-12-27T14:53:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T20:53:47","slug":"man-strangles-pregnant-girlfriend-care-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/man-strangles-pregnant-girlfriend-care-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"HORRIFYING AUDIO: Man strangles pregnant girlfriend, says he doesn&#8217;t care if baby dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A man who strangled his pregnant girlfriend, threatened her, and told her he didn&#8217;t care if she miscarried their baby because of his violence, will not face any jail time, despite a terrifying audio recording exposing his violent, abusive behavior. Leah Collard endured a six-year abusive relationship with David Rhys Williams, who was violent towards her, kept her from seeing her friends, and regularly insulted her. Now, she&#8217;s speaking out about what she suffered.<\/p>\n<p>Collard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/david-rhys-williams-barry-assault-17454367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Wales Online<\/a> that the two began dating in May 2013, and that he told her to stop being with her friends because they were &#8220;trouble.&#8221; He also began belittling and demeaning her. \u201cHe would call me a fat ugly c*** \u2013 that was my name,\u201d she said. \u201cOccasionally he would call me a fat ugly lazy c*** depending on whether I had been cleaning or not.\u201d If she didn&#8217;t clean well enough, he would smash the dishes, force her to give him money, and would stalk her at work to make sure she was where she said she was.<\/p>\n<p>The recording of his abuse took place on New Year&#8217;s Eve in 2013, and Collard gave her approval for it to be shared so people would know what he did to her.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Warning<\/span>: Disturbing language and profanity<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/4221396001\/r1mPWQ7cg_default\/index.html?videoId=6117516017001&amp;applicationId=WALESONLINE%20Embed%20Offsite&amp;referrerUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walesonline.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fwales-news%2Fdavid-rhys-williams-barry-assault-17454367&amp;ttID=6117516017001&amp;plID=r1mPWQ7cg&amp;publisherId=4221396001&amp;videoTitle=The%20horrifying%20clip%20of%20a%20violent%20boyfriend%20strangling%20his%20pregnant%20partner&amp;videoPublishedDate=2019-12-21T14%3A09%3A14Z\" width=\"640px\" height=\"360px\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the recording, Collard can be heard screaming, &#8220;Get off me, get the f*** off me!&#8221; while Williams laughs. &#8220;Don\u2019t do that to me \u2013 I am pregnant!\u201d Collard screamed. \u201cYou will make me have a miscarrage with your f***ing child. Oh, you <em>want<\/em> to kill your child, do you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams, who confirmed to Wales Online that he is the man in the video, responded, \u201cWho gives a f***? Who would want a baby with you? You are a f***ing slut.\u201d Williams also laughed when she said she was going to call the police. \u201cWhat is 999 gonna do? Give me 120 community service hours?\u201d he taunted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/gamer-assault-pregnant-girlfriend-live-stream\/\">Gamer assaults pregnant girlfriend on live stream \u2013 and he won\u2019t go to jail<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Collard said she was going to get her son away from him, he told her to get an abortion before threatening her. \u201cAll you do is push me and push me,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Do you know what happens to people who laugh at me? End up in hospital with life-changing surgery. I don\u2019t give a f***. That is who I am.\u201d He even admitted that he strangled her in the video, saying, &#8220;So what?&#8221; He also told her to rip up her ultrasound photos for calling the police, and threatened to harm himself if she left.<\/p>\n<p>Collard said this was part of the reason why she stayed as long as she did. \u201cI hoped that he would change,\u201d she explained. \u201cI was also scared of leaving because of financial problems. I thought I might struggle on my own with the kids. A lot of the time he threatened he would kill himself if I left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, after other assaults took place, officials stepped in and threatened to take her children away because her relationship with Williams was &#8220;high risk.&#8221; She finally left him. Williams pled guilty to assault by beating, and using threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress. Yet he faced no jail time, and was merely given a fine and a two-year restraining order.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like I don\u2019t have to walk on eggshells anymore but my anxiety is through the roof,\u201d she said. \u201cThere is a two-year restraining order but what happens after the two years? I am fed up of just being this horrible little victim. I walk around but when I am in Barry visiting my family I get really nervous that I will see people who know him and they might do something. I don\u2019t want this anymore. I want people to understand how he treated me. I want people to understand what I went through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Collard is not alone. Homicide is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/66\/wr\/mm6628a1.htm?s_cid=mm6628a1_w\">leading causes of death<\/a> for pregnant women, so violence against pregnant women is all too common.<\/p>\n<p><em>Victims of domestic violence can contact\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehotline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the National Domestic Violence Hotline<\/a>, or call 1-800-799-SAFE.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who strangled his pregnant girlfriend, threatened her, and told her he didn&#8217;t care if she miscarried their baby because of his violence, will not face any jail time, despite a terrifying audio recording exposing his violent, abusive behavior. 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