Hazel Behan was raped in Portugal yet no one there seems to care

I watched the Late, Late Show in awe as a brave young woman, Hazel Behan, recounted her horrific account of being raped, by a masked intruder, in Portugal some years ago. 

Hazel Behan was raped in Portugal yet no one there seems to care

I have been involved with the victim-support movement since it was set up in 1984.

I have also been a regular visitor to Portugal, holidaying there every year since 2000. I think it is a beautiful country, with wonderful, warm people. But this attack sickens me on so many levels:

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