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‘I was raped as a child by my own brother’ – Selfie Queen Karen Danczuk brands her brother a ‘monster’ for ‘robbing her of her childhood’ as Michael Burke is found guilty of 8 rapes

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;header">&NewLine;<section class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;headline-section">&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;999999&semi;"><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My brother’s a monster for raping me&period; He is sick&comma; I hope he rots in hell&period;<&sol;em><&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;999999&semi;"><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He robbed me of my childhood&period; I was so damaged&comma; my education suffered and I’ve battled anxiety and depression in my adult life&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;span>  Karen Danczuk<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;headline"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240202&semi;">Ex-wife of British MP  said her brother raped her repeatedly in her pre-teen years<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240202&semi;"><strong>Selfie Queen Karen Danczuk&comma; 33&comma; said her older brother is a &OpenCurlyQuote;monster’ for &OpenCurlyQuote;robbing her of her childhood’ after years of abuse<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240202&semi;"><strong>Michael Burke&comma; 38&comma;  was found guilty of raping sister Karen three times between the ages of nine and 11<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240202&semi;"><strong> Burke described as <span class&equals;"rail&lowbar;&lowbar;item-sub">&&num;8216&semi;violent and abusive&&num;8217&semi; brother &&num;8216&semi;raped two schoolgirls and a woman in 18yr spree&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240202&semi;"><strong>Mother-of-two Karen is now separated from husband&comma; Labour MP&comma; Simon Danczuk<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240202&semi;"><strong>Burke collapsed in court as he was found GUILTY of eight rapes against three victims including girl as young as nine<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240202&semi;"><strong>He faces an &OpenCurlyQuote;inevitable’ custodial sentence <span class&equals;"rail&lowbar;&lowbar;item-sub"> <&sol;span><&sol;strong> <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;content">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;content article&lowbar;&lowbar;content--intro"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-108131" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;michael-burke3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Michael Burke3&period;jpg" width&equals;"612" height&equals;"816" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media"><strong>Predatory paedophile&period;&colon; Michael Burke was found guilty of eight counts of rape against three women&comma; including his younger sister<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;content article&lowbar;&lowbar;content--intro">British TV personality Karen Danczuk&comma; testified in court how she was sexually assaulted repeatedly&comma; as a child&comma; by her own brother&period; &hairsp;&hairsp;The 33-year-old selfie queen&comma; who is estranged from her labor MP husband Simon Danczuk&comma; spoke after Michael Burke&comma;  was found guilty of eight rapes&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She called her brother a monster for raping her as a girl and declared&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He robbed me of my childhood&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Karen sobbed in court as she told her story&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Her attacker Michael Burke&comma;38&comma; slumped in the dock at Manchester Crown Court after a jury found him guilty of a string of sex attacks over an 18 year period between 1992 and 2010&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Burke who had denied the charges all through&comma; claiming his three accusers were in a conspiracy against him&comma; had  to be helped from the dock by security guards as the foreman of the jury returned the verdicts at the end of their deliberations&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After the verdict presiding Judge&comma; Gilbart told Burke&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You have been convicted of serious offences and a custodial sentence is inevitable&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The prosecution had told the jury Burke was a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;controlling and domineering man who exploited the vulnerability of his victims for his own sexual gratification”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In his summation&comma; the prosecutor Peter Wright&comma; told the court&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;These women were objectified&period; They were objects of pleasure&period; They were demeaned and abused and for years they remained silent&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They felt powerless in the face of this man’s conduct&comma; but each of them have now found the strength to speak up and accuse him&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media-img-container open-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;gallery-count theme&lowbar;&lowbar;background-color-rgba-80"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-108133" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;karen-danczuk2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"karen-danczuk2" width&equals;"612" height&equals;"836" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media"><strong> Karen sobs as she testified in court&period; She waived her anonymity to speak of her childhood ordeal<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The sobbing mother-of-two bravely waived her right to anonymity to catalogue her schoolgirl horror in a bid to encourage other victims of sexual abuse to come forward&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It came after perverted sibling Michael Burke was convicted by a jury of raping her three times as a school girl&comma; aged between nine and 11&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Burke was also found guilty of four incidents of rape of a second complainant when he was a teenager and she was 12 and 13&period; He was similarly  convicted of raping a third woman of a similar age to himself between January 2008 and March 2010&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media-img-container open-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;gallery-count theme&lowbar;&lowbar;background-color-rgba-80"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-108138" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;burke-and-karen-as-kids1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Burke and Karen as kids1&period;jpg" width&equals;"612" height&equals;"816" &sol;><strong>Michael Burke and Karen&comma; the brother and sister as kids&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Karen Danczuk said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My brother’s a monster for raping me&period; He is sick&comma; I hope he rots in hell&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He robbed me of my childhood&period; I was so damaged&comma; my education suffered and I’ve battled anxiety and depression in my adult life&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;After Burke was told to expect an &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;inevitable” custodial sentence&comma; Karen revealed how the abuse star­ted when he began touching and tickling her during hide-and-seek games in their family’s end-terrace home in Middleton&comma; Greater Manchester&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I remember hiding in bed with him and he’d pull the duvet over us&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"sun-grid-container sun-grid-container--white">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"sun-row rail-video-index">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col sun-col-6">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"rail rail--trending theme-news">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"swiper-container swiper-container-horizontal">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"swiper-wrapper">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"rail&lowbar;&lowbar;item swiper-slide swiper-slide-next">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"rail&lowbar;&lowbar;item-content">&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"rail&lowbar;&lowbar;item-headline theme&lowbar;&lowbar;copy-color"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-108146" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;michael-burke1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Michael Burke1&period;jpg" width&equals;"612" height&equals;"897" &sol;><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"rail&lowbar;&lowbar;item-headline theme&lowbar;&lowbar;copy-color">Paedophile Michael Burke&comma; convicted of incestuous child rape among other sex crimes for a total of 8 counts of rape<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"rail&lowbar;&lowbar;item swiper-slide">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"rail&lowbar;&lowbar;item-image"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"rail&lowbar;&lowbar;item-headline theme&lowbar;&lowbar;copy-color"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-108126" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;karen-danczuk4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"karen-danczuk4" width&equals;"719" height&equals;"960" &sol;><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"rail&lowbar;&lowbar;item-content"><strong><span class&equals;"rail&lowbar;&lowbar;item-sub">Selfie queen Karen Danczuk and estranged wife of Labor MP Simon Danczuk&comma; says she was robbed of her innocence by her brother<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He told me we were in a game but I don’t even think anyone was looking for us&period; I remember him lying on top of me naked&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Burke then started sneaking into the bedroom which Karen shared with her sister and climbing into bed with her&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He’d come in behind me and I could tell he was naked&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media-img-container open-gallery"><img data-amp-lightbox&equals;"true" lightbox&equals;"true" class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-108185" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;karen-danczuk1&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;a><strong>The abuse started when he began touching her during hide-and-seek games as kids&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He would lift up my nightie and touch me&period; Then it eventually developed into him taking my hand and using it to pleasure himself&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I would always pretend to be asleep and lie with my back to him&comma; facing the wall&period; I was terrified and confused but I didn’t know what else to do&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It would always be a Sunday night because he knew I wouldn’t be wearing any underwear as that was our bath night&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Later the abuse turned to rape&period; Holding back tears&comma; Karen said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was so sore&period; I remember screwing up my face trying not to cry and wishing for it to be over&period; I would not dare tell anyone&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Now I’ve got children of my own that makes me feel sick&period; I was living in a hell-hole  there was no love in my house&period; It wasn’t a normal household&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media-img-container open-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;credit"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-108192" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;karen-is-now-separated-from-her-mp-husband-simon-danczuk1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Karen is now separated from her MP husband Simon Danczuk1&period;jpg" width&equals;"634" height&equals;"961" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;credit"><strong>Karen is estranged from  Labour MP husband Simon Danczuk<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;figure>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media-img-container open-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;gallery-count theme&lowbar;&lowbar;background-color-rgba-80"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-108200" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;karen-danczuk3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Karen Danczuk3&period;jpg" width&equals;"612" height&equals;"919" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media"><strong>The mum-of-two says it is something she will live with for the rest of her life &&num;8211&semi; She says it is hard living with the fact her brother took her virginity<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Karen described how she tried in vain to protect herself from Burke — described in court as a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;porn addict” at the time of her rapes&period;<em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;em>She said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I tried to make it difficult for him to get near me by rolling myself up in my duvet&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But to my horror he would only climb up and would be even closer to me&period; I tried another tactic by undoing the duvet buttons and getting inside that — but he would find a way to get close to me&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;By then Karen&comma; who is currently coming to terms with the publicized dustup of her marriage  to Labour MP Simon Danczuk&comma; had become a shell of her former self&period;In one memorable incident the couple argued over wife&&num;8217&semi;s trysts while on a family holiday with their kids<br &sol;>&NewLine;Karen was seen with nasty cuts to her arms and chest after claims of a drunken fight with her husband&comma;disgraced Labor MP&comma; Simon over a Spanish waiter&comma;David Eescudero&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A furious Simon Danczuk is said to have smashed a window as he accused his estranged missus of getting too close to the hunk&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-108210" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;karen-danczuk6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Karen Danczuk6&period;jpg" width&equals;"579" height&equals;"960" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>A bloodied Karen is seen with her injuries at Spanish supermarket after the fight with Simon in Spain over her relationship with David<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;content">&NewLine;<p>The pair apparently argued over her constantly messaging her new special friend when they were supposed to be on a family holiday with their kids&period; A neighbour said the shouting match at their apartment near Alicante ended with 49-year-old Simon hammering the window and Karen was injured by flying glass&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She was taken to hospital on Sunday as cops took her husband was arrested&period; The case was dropped after she decided not to press domestic violence charges in the Spanish courts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was anxious and shy&period; I was bullied at school&comma; they called me trampy Karen&comma;” she revealed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It hurt when they made fun of my clothes and greasy hair&comma; but the comments were nothing comp­ared to what I was facing at home&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I would go to school&comma; it was hell and I’d go home and it was hell&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There was no way out&period; It was my life&period; I just want to give that Karen a hug&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;content">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media-img-container open-gallery">&NewLine;<h6><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thesun&period;co&period;uk&sol;news&sol;2300791&sol;selfie-queen-karen-danczuk-brands-her-brother-a-monster-for-robbing-her-of-her-childhood-after-years-of-abuse-turned-to-rape&sol;&num;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-108226" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;karen-danczuk8&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><strong>Karen has sought solace in the arms of current boyfriend David Eescudero<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;figure>&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media"><figcaption class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media-caption"><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>She recalled when she confronted the brute for the first and only time about what he had done&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Karen said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was washing the dishes and we were alone in the kitchen and I plucked up the courage to say&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Don’t touch me again’&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He looked sheepish and said something like&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;What you on about&quest;’<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was the first time I had even acknowledged to him I knew what he was up to&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think that’s why he never dared come near me again&period; I was so relieved when it stopped but didn’t know the damaging effect and misery it would bring to the rest of my life&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Karen left school at 16&comma; goat a job and her own apartment and she kept her promise to herself to bury her dark secret&comma; yet she found it would haunt her as time went on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"rail&lowbar;&lowbar;item-headline theme&lowbar;&lowbar;copy-color"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-108115" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;loved-up-selfie-queen-karen-danczuk-pictured-out-with-spanish-toyboy-after-split-with-mp-ex-husband&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Loved up selfie queen Karen Danczuk pictured out with Spanish toyboy after split with MP ex-husband&period;jpg" width&equals;"836" height&equals;"535" &sol;><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span class&equals;"rail&lowbar;&lowbar;item-sub">Social media personality Karen Danczuk pictured out with Spanish boyfriend after she split with Simon <strong><span class&equals;"rail&lowbar;&lowbar;item-sub">Danczuk<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Karen Danczuk talks about her selfies on the TV show &&num;8216&semi;Loose Women&&num;8217&semi; she said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Most people remember their first time with that special someone&period; My brother took my ­virginity when I was a child&period; Imagine having to live with that&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Karen added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There must be thousands of people in my position who are too scared to speak out&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Hopefully&comma; if I do&comma; then others will come out of the woodwork&period; If I can help anyone&comma; it’s worth it&period; I want to show others that&comma; with the right help&comma; it’s possible to turn your life round for the better&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;He had claimed in evidence that the claims he was a triple rapist were &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;absolute nonsense” and insisted &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;none of this is true”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He also denied he was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a control freak who used sex as a weapon to subdue” his three victims&period; Instead&comma; he claimed he was the victim of a conspiracy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;media-img-container open-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;credit"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-108127" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;michael-burke2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"michael-burke2" width&equals;"612" height&equals;"877" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;credit"><strong> Michael Burke still denies he raped his sister or the other women<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>After the verdict Judge Gilbart told him&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You have been convicted of serious offences and a custodial sentence is inevitable&period;”The prosecution had told the jury Burke was a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;controlling and domineering man who exploited the vulnerability of his victims for his own sexual gratification”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Prosecutor Peter Wright said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;These women were objectified&period; They were objects of pleasure&period; They were demeaned and abused and for years they remained silent&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They felt powerless in the face of this man’s conduct&comma; but each of them have now found the strength to speak up and accuse him&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Karen had spoken of the effects of her childhood torment in ­harrowing evidence to the court&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The mum of two said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have suffered with depression and anxiety through the majority of my adult life&period; Every night there will be flashbacks or a nightmare&period; I am aware every single day that someone could hurt me&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is something I will have to live with for the rest of my life&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Even now I can’t sleep naked or with the door open&comma; I can’t even cuddle in bed&period; I will never love anyone properly&comma; I think&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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