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I am a victim of abuse. My wife abused me verbally, mentally and physically for more than ten years. In 2003 I had a nervous breakdown and was diagnosed with severe depression and PTSD. After being attacked by my wife on several occasions (on one occasion the police had to gas her with pepper spray before she would drop the knife) I was advised by Hampshire police to leave home or there was a high likelihood of my being severely injured or killed. I left home in 2012 one evening having called the police to make sure that got out alive. I left with a suitcase and a few clothes. I had nowhere to go and was selecting a place to kill myself when a friend called and realizing that something was wrong, told me to come to his house in Thailand. I don't remember the flight. Later my wife divorced me. The firm of solicitors I engaged to help me simply stopped responding to my emails when I questioned why they asked for more money but had not supplied me with and accounts. By this time I was in Vietnam being looked after by a family I had met whilst working there some years previously. I had uno job ittle money and could not get to the UK the lawyers wouldn't talk to me so the court deemed that I had received all documents and found me guilty of being ill and gave everything I owned to my ex wife which included 2 houses and everything I had worked for during the last 40 years.. The lies my ex wife lawyers told in court were incredible. I found new solicitors, launched an appeal. The court contrived to have the hearing at 48 hours notice. There was no way I could get there in time and anyway I was now homeless and had no money. The appeal judge upheld the original courts decision. The banister representing me told the judge that his decision "flew in the face of common justice" to which the judge replied "He did not engage". Shortly after that I received notice of an appeal by post - several weeks after the date of the appeal. Note to the courts: Vietnam is not just south of Guildford, you can't just stick a thrupenny stamp on an important document and stick in the post and hope for the best. I wrote to the court to complain. Predictably there was no response.

So my message to the judge: If you are ever sick, unable to cope, wash, dress ourself are in a coma or otherwise unable to perform normally, I will willingly steal your properties.

The divorce courts are nothing but a sham, places where sick people are abused.. They are a national disgrace.