""You are the most horrible and disgusting man I have ever endured.""
""The pain you put me through; I was blackmailed to keep it quiet, sure I wasn't to know any different,""
An uncle was convicted for sexually abusing his 'favourite' niece during the 1990s and has been sentenced to three years in prison. The victim, now 42-year-old Helena Flynn, reported prolonged trauma, family isolation, and coercion that forced her silence. Helena described intense pain and shame and said she had been blackmailed into keeping the abuse secret, believing she did not know any different. The conviction and custodial sentence respond to historical offenses that caused long-term psychological harm and fractured family relationships.
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