It's like a policeman in your pocket, said victim Sarah

The money for the alarms has been raised by the Crick United Reformed Church.

On average each victim of domestic violence suffers more than 30 attacks before asking for help.

One victim who did seek the help says new panic alarm is helping her and her two children regain some semblance of normality in their lives.

They are now in a safe home, though for more than a decade Sarah (not her real name) suffered domestic violence.

Once the lights go out and the doors are shut you are on your own again. It's just a matter of seeing what you get this time Victim of violence Sarah

"You can have as much protection as you like from authority levels but they cannot protect you for ever.

"Once the lights go out and the doors are shut you are on your own again. It's just a matter of seeing what you get this time."

She turned to the Butterfly Centre in Daventry for help and was able to leave her partner.

She said the new panic alarm was like a personal policeman in her pocket.

"You and your little PC can go out together.

"I do feel a lot safer alarm than I do with my mobile phone."

Staff at the Butterly Centre, which works with Victim support, said Sarah was a changed woman.

'I am untouchable'

"I can't express the difference. I picked her up today and I barely recognised her," said Kim Wemyss.

"The day she walked into my office she could not look me in the eye. She was just shaking from top to bottom and didn't know where to run."

Now, Sarah says she hopes more will find the courage to seek help.

"I get up in the morning, the sun is shining, the grass is green in the garden.