I found out yesterday that the man who raped me when I was 21 has gone to prison for 5 years. He was convicted of trying to groom a 13 yo old online (turned out to be undercover police) after breaking an order from a previous conviction for sending a 14 yo indecent images.
Am I wrong to be absolutely fucking ecstatic that he's at last got some punishment, but also to be wondering who else he's hurt in the past 19 years. Surely they can't be isolated incidents?
I did report mine, it was thrown out of court the first morning of the trial due to "lack of evidence". I wish I could shout about this latest news to every person that doubted me at the time (there were lots, he was an acquaintance and a popular guy).
People thought why would he do that, he's a great bloke with a lovely GF. Well it seems he was married with a small child at the time he was sending a 14 year old photos of his cock, so the nice guy persona wasn't bloody real was it.
Anyway, I think I just wanted to vent somewhere not IRL. Haven't told my DH I've found this out yet, I'm not sure if I want to bring up the bad memories for him!