Escape from Evil
By (Author) Cathy Wilson
Pan Macmillan
Pan Books
9th August 2022
31st March 2022
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Memoirs
Domestic abuse
364.15232092
Paperback
368
Width 130mm, Height 196mm, Spine 24mm
262g
The compelling story of a woman who survived marriage to one of the UK's most notorious serial killers. In 2006, Cathy Wilson turned on the television and screamed with horror when a familiar face appeared on the news. Peter Tobin, her ex-husband and her son's father, was a serial killer. After a criminal case that gripped the nation, he was found guilty of the murders of three women and is now serving a life sentence. In Escape from Evil, Cathy reveals the shocking truth about her life with Tobin. They met when she was just sixteen and he seemed caring, until she started to catch glimpses of a very different man hiding behind his normal faade. He became controlling, then violent, until Cathy found herself trapped in a terrifyingly abusive marriage. Eventually, for the sake of her young son, she found the strength to escape and build a better life. In her chilling memoir, Cathy describes how she helped the police build a case, and finally stood in court as a witness against the man who could so easily have murdered her too.
Cathy Wilson lives near Portsmouth with her son and partner.