Ms Hand 'kept thinking I was never going to see my daughter again'

Ms Hand: "I just froze and I couldn't move and I couldn't breathe"

"I looked at the bedpost and was thinking about my daughter. I kept thinking I was going to die and I was never going to see my daughter again.

The third choke she said lasted longer and was "more strong." "I just completely thought I was going to die."

Ms Hand: "He let me go and I remember I was saying sorry to him. Saying I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It felt like I'd done something wrong. I kept saying sorry...so he wouldn't hurt me again.

"Then he said that's how he felt when I was in the Octagon and I had to tap myself out three times. I just thought it was such a weird thing to say. I promised him I wouldn't tell anything. I just let him do what he needed to do to survive. My mind was completely gone.

"He was aggressive, pulling my clothes. Dragging out of my clothes.

Ms Hand is back on the stand. Jury back in the room

Ms Hand speaks about how she told him she knew Dee and said no. "He then pinned me down. He put his whole body weight on top of me and I couldn't breathe.

"I tried my best to get away from him. I was trying to wiggle my way out, do whatever I could. I remember biting him really hard. I remember his arm around me and choking me.

"I was trying to fight as much as I could. I bit him and he didn't like it, it was like he was just behind me then. He choked me, put his arm around me.

"I just remember him behind me and I think I was sitting on the bed. He put his arm around my neck and choked me three times."

Ms Hand - who is upset - asks for a break

Jury sent out for a 5 minute break.

Ms Hand "My only defence was to bite."

She confirms she bit him. "I know I bit him and he didn't like it so he flipped around and choked me.

Ms Hand becomes upset in the witness box

Ms Hand: "I couldn't move or breathe. The more I tried to get away and struggle the more he liked it. I'm finding this really hard, I'm sorry," she says, becoming upset.

"I'm trying my best, I'm really sorry," she says.

Jury are in the room. Complainant Nikita Hand back in the witness box.

She continues from yesterday where she stated McGregor had her pinned to the bed. "He pinned me down to the bed and pressed his whole body weight on top of me so that I couldn't breathe."

Proceedings are due to begin shortly

Here's a report on yesterday's developments in the High Court

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