‘I feel so lucky to be alive’: Nicola Hanney on life after seeing her ex-partner Paul Moody jailed [Video]

A WOMAN HAS given a harrowing account of the abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex, former Garda Paul Moody

Moody – who carried out a four-year campaign of harassment, threats, assaults and coercive control of his partner Nicola Hanney – was jailed two years ago and is due to be released later this year.

She joined Patrick Kielty on The Late Late Show last night ahead of the publication of her book ‘Stronger: What Didn’t Kill Me, Made Me’.

Moody was one of the first people in the State to be convicted of coercive control, and Nicola pleaded that anyone in an abusive relationship should understand that they will be believed if they speak out.

“I feel so lucky to be alive. I know that I am one of the lucky ones and I will never take that for granted,” she said.

On the day Nicola’s son …