Child Abuse Story From Rachael C

by Rachael C.
(Blackpool, United Kingdom)

From the age of 5-7 I was sexually abused by my mum's boyfriend, although there was no oral sex. I still feel the hurt now. It did go to court and he was sentenced to serve 3 years but only did 1. What kind of punishment is that?

My mum stood by him and would have rather seen me in care than let a family member take care of me, so in the end my uncle and his wife took very good care of me. A year later I moved back in with my mum in a new house with my 2 brothers and her numerous boyfriends. I received 3 thousand pounds compensation, which my mum spent on herself within a month. Then she got a new boyfriend and we moved house, and that's when it started again, this time more severe, sometimes every night. I was a total mess after what had happened the first time. Nobody would believe me.

Funnily enough, every time something happened, my mum would receive money or a new appliance or a night out, and she was usually downstairs when it happened. Then she got sent to jail for benefit fraud and served a year and a half. By this time, he was having oral sex every night with me and I couldn't do anything about it. I just drank and went off the rails.

Eventually, I met a friend who is now my best friend, and after 4 years of close friendship, I told her and she urged me to go to the police, which I did because I finally had someone who believed me.

I suffered from when I was 8-15. It was all ready for court, then I was told by my mum he had been acquitted and that that was the end of the matter. Again she stood by him. Shortly after, I moved out. She divorced him a year later. He paid the costs and she got nothing. Apparently she got engaged to numerous other blokes and got re-married 3 years later. I have to put up with her ex-husband trying to run me and my kids over in the street and shouting obscenities at me along with his first ex-wife and their daughter. That went on for 5 years. I informed the police, yet they could do nothing. It was ripping me apart.

Then a week ago, a lady who had been looking for me for years finally managed to contact me to tell me he had done the same thing to her when she was 11-15. She was his first ex-wife's sister. She is now 45, and that was 33 years ago. We went to the police, and all we could do was wait. When news came, I was filled with anger and disbelief. My mum had lied to me. He hadn't been acquitted; it hadn't even got to court. He was charged, but my mum had had something to do with him getting off. We are now waiting to find out what is going to happen.

I'm 21 now. I have a fiance and 2 children. Even though it feels like everyone is laughing at me, I am willing to put myself through it now because I'm more mature, stronger and I now have a right to know everything. In the last 6 weeks I have lost a baby, had surgery, passed 5 GCSEs (exams in United Kingdom to obtain General Certificate of Secondary Education) and heard news from the police. They can keep throwing stuff at me, but I won't let it pull me down. It hurts like hell, but after 6 years of not knowing, the truth is coming out. I think I'm finally going to get peace.

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