Sitting down to play a family board game at the age of 11, Daniel Dowling had no idea his stepmom, Annette Breakspear, was going to turn it into a sex game and make him fondle her breasts.
It was the start of a sick catalog of sexual abuse which saw him lose his virginity to his father’s new wife as a minor. Annette Dowling instigated her new stepson being forced into having threesomes with the couple.
Over the next three years Daniel, now 36, was even forced to watch porn – and was attacked by his dad when he refused to perform oral sex on his wife, Annette.

In pursuit of justice, two decades later in 2015, Daniel, who features on a new documentary, ‘My Mother The Monster’,  took matters into his own hands when he recorded a conversation with his dad, in which he confessed to the abuse.
Last year November Annette and Richard, both 62, were found guilty of child sex abuse and jailed for eight and five years respectively.
Daniel Dowling now 36, reportedly waived his right to anonymity and came forward to tell his story, last year.
He was living at their home in Bracknell, Berks, in the UK when the horrific sexual abuse started while they were playing a board game.
His dad said they had to take their clothes off if they lost.
At the end of the game, Breakspear was naked and a young Daniel was made to kiss and fondle her breasts.

Daniel was initiated into sex with family game, by his dad and step-mom at the age of 11

‘Dad and I would both have sex with her’ – Annette Breakspear [photo], made stepson Daniel  take part in threesomes with her and her husband

Sickeningly, Dowling Snr claimed he had been trying to prevent his son becoming a homosexual by showing him the “right way.”
Daniel says his dad was “groomed” by Annette. The pedophilia-loving couple split after three years, but Daniel says he still blames both for the abuse.
“He is responsible for his own actions so I can’t say it was entirely her. I have tried to forgive and forget but our relationship has been strained and we stopped talking after I went to the police.”
Daniel’s parents divorced when he was six, and, for reasons unknown to him, Richard was awarded custody.
But five years later, after Annette moved in, she stripped naked during the game and insisted Daniel fondle and kiss her breasts.
“If I look back on it now I think it was a test to see how I would react to the situation and what they could get away with,” says Daniel.

Daniel’s stepmother, Annette Breakspear, [photo], was convicted in November 2018 and jailed for eight years for her role in the sexual abuse

“From then on I was told to do things and she would do things to me. Both my dad and I would have had intercourse with her in a threesome type of situation – but I was only 11.
Daniel says his stepmum stole his virginity and attacked him more than 10 times during those three years.
“Sometimes it was just me and Annette and there were a handful of times when it was me, dad and Annette in a threesome.
“One time I remember lying on the bed and they put a porn film on too.
“At the time I thought that was what happened in houses, behind closed doors.”
As the abuse continued, Daniel tried to avoid being in the house and tried to tell neighbors what was happening.
“I had been alone with dad from six, and there was some loyalty there,” he says.  “Also I tried to tell couple of people what was going on but they didn’t believe me so I stopped.”

Daniel’s dad Richard Dowling was ‘groomed’ by Annette, says Dan. Still, he was an adult, consciously participating in the child abuse, his son said. Richard was jailed for five years while his ex, Annette Breakspear, was sentenced to eight years in jail

‘Dad called me a liar when I told police’ said Daniel who only found closure since the sentencing of the two adults who molested him inside the home as a minor

As he struggled to cope, Daniel was left suicidal and suffering from an eating disorder in his mid-teens.
“I used to not eat and hide food and my dad would find moldy food hidden in my bedroom,” he says. “It was the only way I could take back some control.”

After the couple split, Richard and his son moved to Weymouth in Surrey but Daniel, then 14, fell victim to another abuser who was not a family member.
“I was confused with my sexuality and because I had been manipulated by my dad and stepmum I think it made me an easy target,” he says. “[The other man] exploited my sexuality and made me do things that I wouldn’t have done.”
At 16, Daniel decided to go to the police and report his dad and stepmom but, when Richard branded him a liar and no further action was taken, Daniel tried to take his own life.
His treatment by police, he claims, put him off reporting the pair for 22 years when.
Then, persuaded by a friend, he rang his dad and taped a confession.
In the recorded call, played on the program, Richard is heard claiming the abuse was a “dark period” in his life and telling Daniel, “I can’t change what happened in the past. I wish to f*** I could.”
The recording led to the arrest and trial of the pair, and Daniel says it has brought him “closure” after decades of mental health issues.

Daniel Dowling went to live with his dad at the age of six, [photo], after his parents divorced

“I’ve had an eating disorder, depression and anxiety. I don’t speak to anyone on dad’s side and when my granddad passed away none of my family told me. I’ve suffered emotional breakdowns.
“I got into some very messy relationships and I find it hard to trust anybody. I don’t have a sex drive anymore so it has affected me.
“But now I have had closure I feel I might have the ability to find a relationship that would benefit me.
“People are surprised but I always say that everything I have been through – even though I wouldn’t wish it on anyone else – has made me stronger. If it hadn’t happened I wouldn’t be the person I am today. And I like this person.”