{"id":66607,"date":"2023-09-10T11:07:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T11:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talkcelnews.com\/?p=66607"},"modified":"2023-09-10T11:07:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T11:07:14","slug":"my-brother-raped-me-as-a-child-i-waited-decades-to-get-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talkcelnews.com\/lifestyle\/my-brother-raped-me-as-a-child-i-waited-decades-to-get-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"My brother raped me as a child &#8211; I waited decades to get justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>My brother raped me from the ages of seven to 11 &#8211; I waited more than 40 years to get justice because it would have destroyed my late father<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Suzi Holt, 54, from Ely, Cambridgeshire, faced years of abuse from her brother<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0British tourist, 20, &#8216;is gang-raped in Ayia Napa&#8217;: Five Israeli men are arrested<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A woman who waited more than four decades to report being raped by her brother from the ages of seven to 11 has recounted the pain of being asked to be a bridesmaid at his wedding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Suzi Holt, 54, from Ely, Cambridgeshire, faced years of abusive from Ian Martin, 61, who threatened that she&#8217;d be put into care if she revealed the truth, and bribed her with sweets to stay quiet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was recently found guilty of two counts of rape and was jailed for five years at Cambridge Crown Court.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Suzi &#8211; a care home cook and mother-of-three &#8211; is courageously waiving her right to anonymity to help other survivors after years of waiting, for fear that the admission would &#8216;destroy&#8217; her late father.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I want to show that it doesn&#8217;t matter how much time has passed, you will be believed,&#8217; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/15\/75043281-12479041-Now_Suzi_a_care_home_cook_and_mother_of_three_is_courageously_wa-m-42_1694009988084.jpg\" height=\"807\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Now, Suzi &#8211; a care home cook and mother-of-three &#8211; is courageously waiving her right to anonymity to help other survivors<\/p>\n<p>Martin was Suzi&#8217;s older half-brother from her mother&#8217;s previous relationship.<\/p>\n<p>With her father working long hours as a lorry driver, the young girl would often get left with her sibling whilst their mother went out with friends.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I dreaded those nights,&#8217; she admitted. &#8216;Ian was miserable and moody. I always felt on edge around him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The horrific sexual assaults began to happen when Suzi was seven and her mother left Martin to babysit.<\/p>\n<p>While she was watching TV in the living room, he had\u00a0climbed on top of her and raped her.<\/p>\n<p>Suzi was desperate to tell her parents, but Martin scared her by saying she&#8217;d be put into care if she told anyone.<\/p>\n<p>The abuse would go on a weekly basis,\u00a0whenever her parents were out &#8211; and the young girl had tried to stand up to her attacker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I knew what he was doing to me was wrong,&#8217; she explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/16\/75043303-12479041-image-a-35_1693840569309.jpg\" height=\"939\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The horrific sexual assaults began to happen when Suzi was seven and her mother left Martin to babysit (Suzi pictured aged nine)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/16\/75043301-12479041-image-m-39_1693840586755.jpg\" height=\"704\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ian Martin, 61 (pictured), was recently found guilty of two counts of rape and was jailed for five years at Cambridge Crown Court<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;One time, when I was eight, I told him what he was doing to me was naughty and that he shouldn&#8217;t do it to me anymore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But he threatened me again. I was desperate for it to stop, but I feared to consequences.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When Suzi was nine, Martin raped her at their great-grandparents&#8217; house, whilst they played cards in the other room.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, he gave her some money to spend on sweets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was like he was buying my silence,&#8217; she recounted. &#8216;I hated him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The next year, Martin invited Suzi to go with him and his friends to a motorbike meet up &#8211; but when they arrived at the wasteland, it was deserted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He walked me down to the water&#8217;s edge and forced himself on me again,&#8217; she said<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I hoped someone would catch him, but we were sheltered by trees and hills.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/16\/75043299-12479041-image-a-37_1693840575775.jpg\" height=\"823\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>When Suzi was nine, Martin raped her at their great-grandparents&#8217; house, whilst they played cards in the other room. Martin pictured aged 13<\/p>\n<p>The years of abuse finally ended when Suzi got her period.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;I told him he couldn&#8217;t touch me anymore,&#8217; she said.\u00a0<\/span>&#8216;Thankfully, he never laid a finger on me again.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But Suzi had suffered in silence for years, never telling anyone about what she had endured as a child.<\/p>\n<p>When she was 19, Martin met a woman and they got engaged.<\/p>\n<p>Suzi was asked to be bridesmaid, and while it was the last thing she wanted to do, she agreed, only to prevent people asking questions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wore a lilac dress and plastered on a happy smile,&#8217; she revealed.\u00a0 &#8216;All I wanted was for his family and friends to know what a monster he really was.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Years passed and Suzi met her husband. In 1997, she eventually opened up to him about her past.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was really supportive and urged me to go to the police,&#8217; she admitted. &#8216;But I couldn&#8217;t whilst my father was still alive. I knew it would destroy him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Suzi found it helpful to open up to her best friends.<\/p>\n<p>It was only a few years ago, in 2018 &#8211; after her father sadly passed away &#8211; that she decided to report Martin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I walked into the station and gave my statement,&#8217; she recalled.\u00a0 &#8216;The officers instantly made me feel at ease.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The following day, Suzi went to her mother&#8217;s house and told her about Martin&#8217;s abuse &#8211; the older woman was so shocked and horrified that she disowned her son.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/15\/75043305-12479041-In_June_2021_Suzi_bravely_faced_him_at_Cambridge_Crown_Court_to_-m-44_1694010111996.jpg\" height=\"898\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In June 2021, Suzi bravely faced him at Cambridge Crown Court to give her evidence. Pictured today, aged 54<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks later, he was arrested but denied the charges.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2021, Suzi bravely faced him at Cambridge Crown Court to give her evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Martin was found guilty of one count of rape against her, but there was a hung jury on the others, which meant that there would have to be a re-trial.<\/p>\n<p>He was released on a tag, and Suzi was &#8216;<span>constantly looking over her shoulder, in fear of bumping into him in the street&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Two years later, the second trial came around and Suzi re-lived the abuse again.<\/p>\n<p>After a three-week trial, Martin was found guilty of another count of rape.<\/p>\n<p>In June this year, he was sentenced to five years in prison and put on the sex offenders register for life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s nowhere near enough time for what he put me through,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But all I ever really wanted was a guilty verdict.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m sharing my story to show that it doesn&#8217;t matter how long ago the abuse took place, you can still get justice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I waited over 40 years for mine, and now I&#8217;m moving forward with my life.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12479041\/My-brother-raped-ages-seven-11-waited-40-years-justice-destroyed-late-father.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My brother raped me from the ages of seven to 11 &#8211; 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