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Contains sexual abuse - I reported it to the police this week
On Wednesday I reported being raped when I was 17 to the police. Since my daughter was born everything was brought back to the surface again and I considered reporting it for the first time since it happened. It has taken me months to decide whether it's a wise thing to do. I rang 101 and they sent two police officers to take a statement from me the same day. I don't want it to go to court or anything since it happened so long ago. I just wanted it on record. I knew that I would find it hard to speak about and thankfully they let me write the parts I couldn't say. I'm not going to do a video interview which is what they would normally do next because I'm too unwell and still can't speak about most of it, but they still have to interview him because of the seriousness of the offence whether I want them to or not once they have tracked him down. I feel scared about my safety. I'm worried that when the police interview him, his family will come after me. I'm doubting whether I did the right thing.
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