'They are monsters': Family members abused by older relatives tell of 'childhood hell'

Five people were convicted of dozens of offences relating to the sexual abuse of their four child relatives
'They are monsters': Family members abused by older relatives tell of 'childhood hell'

A 66-year-old man and his three sons, aged 39, 40 and 41, were convicted of a total of 115 counts of sexually abusing four family members, who were all children at the time.

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Four relatives who were sexually abused by their extended family members as children have outlined how their childhoods were ruined by their abusers, whom they described as “monsters” and “devils”.

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