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Instead, his date pepper-sprayed him, beat him with a metal bat and demanded the PIN to his bank cards, he told police.

The 44-year-old's bank cards, driving licence and phone were taken when he was attacked and robbed last year.

They will take the form of an app-based system, stored on smartphones in a similar way to the NHS App or digital bank cards.

Cash is a lifeline to many survivors because it was the only way to escape abusers who can monitor online transactions, withhold bank cards and close down bank accounts, she says.

He then stole her purse and bank card.