Child abuse and no justice

Anonymous

Child abuse and no justice

How do you move past that the justice system let your daughter down?

Little back story
Me and my ex partner had a horrific break up 2 years ago, found out he was cheating on me after years of abuse and him burning my car, 2 days after the incident occurred my daughter came out that her father was sexually abusing her, I took her straight to the police and hospital then court proceedings started 2 years on and she had completely shelled off from the world and denied it ever happened to the court, he was found not guilty and free to live among other children to do it again.
How do you move past that you tried your hardest to bring her justice but the justice system failed her?
I am extremely torn 😔 absolutely shattered that she will never have justice for what he had done.
We cannot ask for a retrial nor can she ever try again when she feels ready, she is only 9 now.
I’m absolutely heart broken 😞

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Anonymous

How sad 🥲 I don’t even know what to say. You must feel like your heart has been ripped out. Seek some professional help from a psychologist. Get her the help also. This is heartbreaking.

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Anonymous

I had a similar experience. All i can say is there is absolutely 0 justice. None. The kids get a life sentence while these pricks are free to showboat and feed their narcissistic egos about how hard done by they are

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Anonymous

Absolutely, it’s soo hard for a child to come forward and this is how they are treated! The justice system is a joke and these predators will continue to do it to our children because the courts protect them and drag the poor children through such a hard process! I am so sad that my poor baby girl has to live with this for the rest of her life and even more heartbreaking that they didn’t believe her.

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Anonymous

Counselling, lots of love and more counselling. She may be willing to fight again when she gets older, she can appeal the verdict

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Anonymous

The prosecutor informed me she cannot appeal the verdict as it was a judge decision unfortunately 😔

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Anonymous

In this case they did what they had to do, she denied it. They no longer have grounds for trial. I was in her position, I was abused for many years by my father. we moved away when I was 8 because my brother made abuse allegations. At that time i denied it to my mother so I was never involved and father went to jail for a couple of years for abuse against my brother later when I was 14 i finally admitted that I had been raped and abused and went to the police the process took months but never even went to court because "there was not enough evidence" even though he was previously convicted. So I agree the justice system is total crap but unfortunately for her with denial playing a part it would have been impossible. Get her counciling and maybe a support group. She needs to know that she is not alone and it wasn't her fault. It also gives her a safe space to talk about it. Accepting the fact that it did happen and there is nothing you can do to change that is important for healing. But let her know that she is in control now and he will never hurt her again. Teach her to love and respect her body and how to keep a healthy mind. Body safety. And when she is older and you talk about sex don't forget all the good stuff. I have ptsd and struggle with some things still but overall I am ok. Make sure she knows where to go for support. Good luck. And get yourself some help too.

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