London: A 54-year-old woman has spoken about the years of horrific abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepfather who raped her since the age of 10, it was reported.
In her testimony, the victim said that her mother, who had undergone hysterectomy at the time of abuse, allowed her stepfather to rape her so that he could father a child with her.
According to a report in the Mirror, the victim's stepfather used to take her to the basement in a room he called his 'den' where he would rape her.
The victim also claimed that her mother knew about the abuse, but she did not intervene. Moreover, when the victim got pregnant as a result of repeated rape, her mother tried to cover it up by saying that she was impregnated by a boy at a party.
While the case was under going a trial in the Reading Crown Court, prosecutors argued that the accused raped his stepdaughter regularly until she gave birth to his son. However, he said that he was not the father of the child.
While testifying before the court, the victim said, "He asked me if I wanted to go and get some KFC. Of course I said yes and we went in the car. We went to the chicken shop and on the way back we went through Slough Trading Estate. He pulled up and stopped and said to me I want to see something and all of a sudden his hand was in my knickers. I was screaming."
"I was trying to get his hands off me. He was strong. I couldn't. I don't even known what I thought at the time, I was only little, I didn't know if it was what everybody goes through or if it is just you," she further said.
"I carried on until it happened again and again," she added recalling the horror.
The case is still under trial and is scheduled for the next hearing.
