The Tortures
Abstract
This chapter details several incidents of extreme violence and sexual assault that Rob perpetrated upon Dr Langley during their six-and-a-half-year “relationship” and especially during her pregnancy. These incidents were derived from some of Dr Langley’s extensive police statements. Dr Langley selected a handful of events that were extremely horrific and constituted torture. From tying her to the bed and beating her repeatedly with his leather belt then raping her violently until she fainted, to forcing her on her hands and knees on the floor so he could whip, rape and sodomize her until she vomited and fainted, Dr Langley narrates several extremely graphic and confronting incidents that leave the reader shocked and horrified that such torture can be perpetrated upon another human being in a domestic environment. In addition to the beatings and tortures, Dr Langley also discovered Rob was stealing items from his workplace and storing them at her home. When she confronted him (in the fear that he would get her in trouble with the police), he punished her by beating her and raping her repeatedly until Dr Langley was bedridden for days and surviving on painkillers. On his bad days, Rob would torment her and hold a knife to her throat and describe in detail how he would kill her and her children.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Torture
Ethics
and Law
Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 22–30
- Publication date
- 12 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter