That was the date in 2002 when she finally left the partner who had beaten and abused her for eight years.
The partner who knocked her out, who tied her to a bed and left her there for days on end.
The man who kicked her so hard in the stomach – when she was seven months' pregnant – that he left a foot imprint on her
stomach and caused her to have a miscarriage.
Speaking with a calm and assured voice, Jessica, not her real name, says she is a shadow of her former self.
"I left him 17 months ago," she said. "Back then I wouldn't have said boo to a goose.
"When I left him, I was a shipwreck. Now, thanks to Leeds Women's Aid, I'm a cruise liner."
Jessica finally summoned up the courage to leave her abusive partner in July 2002 and fled to a safe house run by Leeds Women's Aid.
She knows that she owes her life to Women's Aid. She said: "Thanks to them I have a new life.
"I can't wait to come back as a volunteer and help other women in the same situation."
The group runs refuges for victims of domestic violence in the city and it is never short of women, and children, in need of its help.
Frightening
Every day in West Yorkshire more than 100 people – the vast majority of them women – are beaten by their partners.
West Yorkshire police say reported instances of domestic violence in the county rose by 16 per cent to 37,861 last year.
Police reckon that only one in four such instances are officially reported, so the true figure will be even more frightening.
Women's Aid is at the sharp end of the statistics.
It runs refuge and safe houses, where women and children
fleeing domestic violence are given shelter and a breathing space.
Leeds Women's Aid manager Rosie Robinson said: "We have 29 places – that's for 29 women, and then there are their children. There are 50 children."
She oversees the running of the refuge where nine women and their families live collectively, and 20 safe houses scattered around the city that provide shelter, in secrecy, for the rest.
Domestic violence reports in Leeds went up by 16 per cent last year, from 11,007 to 12,771.
Police do not believe this represents a real increase but it does illustrate a greater willingness among victims to report instances of violence.
Ms Robinson agrees with that analysis.
The organisation's own records show a 35 per cent increase in the number of women seeking refuge last year. "We didn't leap to the conclusion that there had been a 35 per cent increase in domestic violence in Leeds per se, but that more women were coming
forward and that we have done a lot of work improving our refuge facilities," she said.
Today, immediately one person moves on from a refuge to start a new life, another moves in.
"We never turn anyone away," said Ms Robinson. Police say they will play their part. Det Con Andy Brittain runs one of West Yorkshire Police's domestic violence units, in Calderdale, which experienced an eight per cent increase in reports of domestic violence last year to 3,016.
"We see the rising numbers as a success because it would suggest more people are willing enough and confident enough to come to us," he said. Leeds Woman's Aid is in constant need of support and finance.
Half its costs are met by Leeds City Council and the rest has to be raised through fund-raising and grants from charities and other bodies.
The group can be contacted on 0113 2460401.
Donations to Leeds Women's Aid can be sent to PO Box 555 Leeds LS1 4WL.
peter.lazenby@ypn.co.uk