He used objects, including a wooden handle of a spade, and attacked her in the stables beside their home.
“There were two sides to him. He could be very charming, but at home, he was very violent and twisted.”
Once, when Sarah was about 10, she stood up to him, refusing to go to his bedroom. In response, he violently dragged her to the bedroom, choking her. “I asked him to kill me, to put me out of my misery.”
Her father threatened her, saying that if she ever spoke out, he would harm her or her mother.
