TV STAR: MY HELLISH CHILDHOOD IN BRUM

TV star of the BBC Traitors show has recounted the frightening ordeal she went through as a child growing up in Birmingham.

- ISABELLE BATES News Reporter

Ash Bibi, 47, participated in the BBC gameshow last year and became one of the infamous 'traitors.

But she has now opened up about her harrowing childhood in the city, which she says was marked by violence and abuse.

She is hoping to shine a light on critical issues surrounding domestic abuse that many young women and girls still face today.

From the age of nine, she says that she realised her home was not a safe place.

She lived under the constant fear and threat of violence.

Ash said: "I spent my childhood lying awake, terrified that the next scream I heard would mean something terrible, and that I would be in the firing line again."

Her home life left her feeling like a prisoner as she claims she was forbidden from engaging with the outside world, having friends, and expressing her interests.

At the age of 12, Ash confided in teachers about her home life. But the community organisations they matched her with were reportedly very unsupportive.