And we call ourselves civilised….

The result of rape: Unwanted pregnancy; Source: Wikipedia

 

 

It was stomach-churning, literally, to read about the incestuous relationship that a father had with his two daughters.

 

According to CNN, the 56-year-old man repeatedly raped his two girls for 27 years, leading to 19 pregnancies.

 

Between the two, there were nine births, five miscarriages and five abortions.

 

But, how he could have got away with it for so long, is beyond incomprehensible and that too, in Britain.

 

The BBC revealed that the father moved the family from village to village in rural locations to keep them isolated and to avoid detection.

 

They were like prisoners, the exception being that they were trapped in their own home.

 

Scared to death

The victims were raped up to three times a week and if they dared to refuse the father’s demands, he would terrorise them.

 

He punched and kicked them, or would hold their heads next to the flames of their gas fire, at times burning their hands and eyes.

 

The assaults would even continue during pregnancies.

 

What I want to know is, where have teachers, neighbours, relatives, social workers, doctors – anyone, who came in contact with the family –  been in the past 27 years?

 

How could such heinous crimes be ignored by so many? It makes you question if the child protection system, in this country, is in fact flawed.