She’d slap me about when she was drunk and use a blade

The handsome ex-barman said: “I’m not scared to speak out now. When you’re told you’ve only got an hour to live you don’t care what you say.

“Anyone going through this needs to know there are organisations out there that can help you. Talk to friends, talk to your family. Don’t be a sufferer like me.”

Martyn and Sharp started dating in spring last year when a mutual friend set them up. They went to the same secondary school, where he remembered her being quiet and friendly.

He thought she was lovely, a little shy but funny and witty.

They enjoyed dates to places such as Madame Tussauds in Blackpool and a night away in Leeds.

Martyn said: “For the first five months everything was going great and it felt right to move in with her.”

A month later, Sharp broke with tradition by proposing in a pub to Martyn with a diamond-shaped sweet.

He said: “I thought she was joking at first but she said, ‘No, I’m being serious.’ It was in front of everyone. I went a bit red but I said yes straight away. I was in Th c an sho he td S