Case No. EWFC-48

12.The judge made the following findings:a) On occasions during the course of their relationship, the father forced anal sex on the mother and pressurised the mother to have sex when he must or ought to have realised that she did not want sex;b) The father vaginally raped the mother on one occasion;c) The father anally raped the mother on four occasions;d) On some occasions, the father attempted to force oral sex upon the mother and on occasions he was successful in orally raping her. On 17 August 2018 the father attempted to rape the mother orally;e) The father smashed the mother’s phone during an argument in March 2015;f) In or about April/May 2015, the father was verbally abusive to the mother and smashed up her door and some of her propertyg) In early November 2015, the father assaulted the mother by pinning her against a wall, pushing her and being verbally abusive to her;h) The father blamed the mother for causing damage to A’s face during childbirth in the heat of the moment as part of an argument during the parties’ turbulent relationship;i) The father lost his temper with A during one occasion as part of bath time and may well have scared her, but had no intention of causing harm to her;j) Throughout the parties’ relationship, the mother had been subjected to controlling and coercive behaviour in respect of the father’s sexual demands and desires.It is noteworthy that the judge did not make all the findings contended for by the mother which were contained in her schedule of allegations. I observe that active judicial case management reduced the ambit of the mother’s schedule of allegations during the course of the fact finding hearing, first on 8 September 2022 and then on 12 September 2022.