The on-off relationship continued over five years and Tyler became increasingly fearful.
“I would be cleaning his flat top to bottom with near enough a toothbrush to keep him happy.”
Tyler said they would “bottle up” emotions because if Bubb saw them upset, he would tell them that they could not leave his home until they were smiling again.
“He saw me happy, he saw me laughing, because that kept him happy, and keeping him happy meant I was safer.”
Despite refusing to say publicly they were in a relationship, Bubb behaved in a possessive manner, Tyler said.
“If any other guy tried to approach me, or talk to me, his hand was on my shoulder, his hand was near my neck. It was all very much staking his claim.”
During the trial, jurors heard that Bubb had used knives during sex when Tyler was blindfolded.
“There were times where I thought he could kill me with his actions,” Tyler told me, describing how Bubb had used police restraint techniques.
“They don’t leave a mark, necessarily, so I would be restrained, I’d be held back, I’d be put into a painful position so that I would comply to what he wanted.”