I reported a child abuser – and I was only 13

IN 1972, when I was 13-years-old, some other children revealed to me they were being routinely abused by a man whom nobody had previously realised was a paedophile.

Though it was extremely embarrassing and difficult and the children involved pleaded with me not to tell anyone because of their fear of retribution from their abuser, I knew enough to realise this was something I had to make sure their parents were made aware of.

The man was subsequently prosecuted and imprisoned.