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"I woke to a stranger..." Distressing news article about SA. *MNHQ has altered title*

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IwantToRetire · 17/06/2026 19:27

For years, ‘Lucy’ had endured years of abuse at the hands of her husband.

"A night or two before our wedding, he punched me by the front door, so I had to put a lot of our wedding photos in black and white so the bruises wouldn't show”.

But nothing prepared her what she discovered one night in late 2021.

"I woke to a stranger on top of me raping me and my husband in the room watching over. The stranger got up and ran off quite quickly, and then I barricaded myself in my children's room and called my father...and called the police."

He confessed that he'd invited strangers into their family home to abuse her. Men who are still free.

"I said, what have you have you done? And he said, I have to go inside or I'm going to end up killing you. And I said, what do you mean? He said, this has happened eight more times. This isn't the first time."

"I spend every day of my life in fear and worry. But more than that, I feel upset that these men are walking free."

Lucy said that she doesn’t know who her perpetrators are. She said, “They probably think that they've completely got away with the crimes that they've done and therefore may even be continuing."

Article continues at https://www.itv.com/news/2026-06-17/the-woman-searching-for-the-men-invited-by-her-husband-to-abuse-her-as-she-slept

I thought there was a thread about this and I was going to add that she has been interviewed by ITV. But couldn't find one - sorry if this is a duplicate.

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guinnessguzzler · 17/06/2026 20:35

I think these are both being shared now as part of the #EndEyeCheck campaign. Thanks and respect to all the women speaking out, I just can't imagine how they keep going.

testmatchspecial · 17/06/2026 20:23

<a class="break-all" href="https://archive.ph/2026.06.16-181702/www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/wellbeing/mental-health/my-husband-was-sexually-assaulting-me-in-my-sleep/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/2026.06.16-181702/www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/wellbeing/mental-health/my-husband-was-sexually-assaulting-me-in-my-sleep/

This is Zoe Watts’ article in the Telegraph. She’s mentioned in the article.

Secretseverywhere · 17/06/2026 19:59

I know NAMALT but honestly I struggle with just how depraved some men are when they think they won’t get caught. It’s just a never ending stream of awfulness.

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