A domestic violence survivor who was punched, threatened with a knife and had her front door kicked in by her former partner is “living in terror” because he has still not been fitted with a tracking tag, weeks after his release from prison.

Michelle, 38, who now lives in a static caravan with her four children, said relatives were sleeping on her floor in case the man tried to attack again. He had been recalled to prison on several occasions before for breaching his probation conditions.

“The police and probation know that he is a threat to me and has breached the terms of his probation before. It is as if they are waiting for something really bad to happen to me or my children before they help,” she said.

Michelle is among hundreds of domestic violence survivors demanding to know why tags are not being fitted on offenders as they leave prison.…