TUMOUR formed behind my ear leaving me deaf

SINGLE mum Danielle wasn’t looking for love when she signed up to dating website, Plenty Of Fish.But the 31-year-old, from Tameside, Greater Manchester, was quickly wooed by handsome Ryan Fletcher, 38.

Fletcher beat Danielle so viciously she developed a tumour behind her earCredit: MedaviaI hadn’t dated anyone since having my daughter, now six, and wasn’t willing to jump head first into a relationship when I came across Ryan on Plenty Of Fish in June 2016. I’d been on the dating site for ages but, being a single mum, barely had time to use it. But, sat on the sofa one day, I was intrigued by Ryan’s profile.Tattooed, with dark-hair, I was immediately attracted him. And he had messaged me, saying, ‘Hey gorgeous, how are you?’Things quickly escalated. He dragged me home by my hair and savagely beat me

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I typed back and over the next few weeks the messages flew back and forth.Around a month later we went on our first date to a pub in Manchester. We got on really well and increasingly saw each other more.We officially became a couple on Christmas Day

Danielle met Fletcher on dating website Plenty Of Fish. The relationship started well but he later became controlling and violentCredit: MedaviaThings seemed great… at first. But less than a year into their romance, Fletcher became possessive and controlling.He then turned violent, attacking her so brutally after a night out he triggered a medical condition, which caused a huge tumour to erupt behind her ear.It affected Danielle’s hearing so badly, more than two years on, she is still partially deaf.Here, Danielle bravely shares her story with Fabulous Digital.