4 LIVES STOLEN ‘THEY DESERVED TO BE SAFE’

One look at Hannah Clarke’s Facebook profile shows how much she loved her three children. Her page is filled with smiling photos of daughters, Aaliyah, 6, and Laianah, 4, and cheeky 3-year-old son, Trey. On the website for Integr8 gym, where Hannah was a fitness trainer, she is described as “an enthusiastic, passionate mother of three” and that “developing the physical abilities of children is where her true passion lies”. But despite how much she loved her children, Hannah, 32, couldn’t protect them – or herself – from domestic violence.

Last year, Hannah made the courageous decision to walk away from her abusive estranged husband Rowan Baxter, taking the three children with her. She moved in with her parents so they could provide a support network,