The ex-wife of a man who beat her with a cricket bat and forced her to drink bleach has spoken out after he avoided jail.
Cricketer Mustafa Bashir, 34, was given a suspended sentence on Monday after admitting assaulting his then wife Fakhara Karim.
Bashir walked free from Manchester Crown Court when Judge Richard Mansell handed him an 18-month suspended sentence, after saying Bashir's victim was not vulnerable because she was an "intelligent woman with a network of friends".
Ms Karim told the BBC: "I am a confident and strong woman because of what I have suffered. I was suffering for my life but the judge didn't believe me."
Bashir told the court that if he was not jailed he would be free to take up a professional contract with Leicestershire County Cricket Club.
Leicestershire County Cricket Club have said they have never spoken to Bashir, let alone offered him a contract.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there is possibility that the sentence could be altered.
The crown court has the power to alter a sentence within 56 days of the date it was made, under the 56-day "slip rule".
