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Teenage rape victim hits out at attacker
Rex Features
A teenage rape victim has waved her anonymity to condemn the man who attacked her and the prosecutors who failed to jail him.
Chloe O’Neill was 15 when she says a friend’s father forced her to have sex with him.
She told police, but prosecutors decided there wasn’t enough evidence to charge him.
But her abuser, Stephen Whitworth, later admitted the attack on Chloe – after being jailed for seven-and-a-half years for sexually attacking two young children.
Now aged 17, O’Neill has waived her right to anonymity to condemn Whitworth, 41, and demand to know why he wasn’t brought to justice sooner.
'If they had believed me at the time, he would have been locked up and those two children wouldn't have been hurt by him,' she told the Daily Mail.
'I've been through two years of hell because of what he did to me and it's awful that they are now going to have to go through it as well.'
O’Neill, who has attempted suicide twice after being taunted in the street and called a liar, is planning legal action against prosecutors for her years of trauma.
She said: 'It was hell - everyone thought I was making it all up.'
Friday 26 September 2008
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God bless you for your bravery Chloe. I wish you all the best and full recovery and healing from your trauma. Please try EFT (www.emofree.com for more information). This legal system needs radical change...support the victims, NOT the criminals.
Comment by Fiona on November 21 15:08
Chloe you are a brave girl to have spoken out in the first place, and you are brave now too. Thank you for this service you have done for us all in highlighting the damage our legal system's attitude towards rape and child rape inflicts on the innocent (you and the two other children). I wish you every support, care and love in healing this wound. Never forget how brave and special you have been to speak out. Please take care of yourself nowXXX
Comment by admiration on November 02 00:20
Poor baby. She is a very brave girl to speak up.
Comment by jj on October 22 20:09