Torture victim ordered to write letters to attacker or face jail

Mother forced to send updates and photographs to imprisoned ex partner under custody laws

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A mother who was tortured and almost killed by her ex partner has been ordered to send him regular letters and photographs of their children under parental rights laws.

Natalie Allman, 29, from Herefordshire, was attacked in front of her two young children in 2011 by former Territorial Army soldier Jason Hughes, 42.

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