By Ann Cusack A mum who endured hell at the hands of a monster is bravely revealing her ordeal to encourage more women to find out if new partners pose a threat. Alexis Flavin was unaware of Clare’s Law, created to allow people to check if someone has an abusive past. If she had, Alexis would have been spared the terror she suffered at the hands of Jonathan Cole, which included trying strangle his girlfriend as she held their baby. Serial abuser Cole made his pregnant girlfriend’s life hell, ripping up their scan picture, forcing her to give birth alone and banning her from breastfeeding. Alex…