‘Keep knocking on doors’: Survivor speaks out after abuser uncle jailed for 12 years

When Lisa was 17 years old, after years of torment, she first disclosed the abuse to her then boyfriend, who later gave evidence of this conversation during the trial. File picture

A survivor of prolonged sexual abuse has urged others who have been dismissed when reporting their experiences to persist, saying: “Keep knocking on doors — someone will hear you.”

Lisa Brown’s appeal came after her uncle, who repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted her over a number of years, was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court on Friday.