Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
A man subjected a young girl to a series of sexual abuse more than 20 years ago and has now been brought to justice for his horrific crimes.
Mark Anthony Foster, 61, had committed a number of indecent assaults and rapes on the girl. The offences, that were 'persistent' and lasted for seven years, became more violent as time progressed, a court heard.
He would also administer the victim with medication before raping her. READ MORE Teen, 18, dies two weeks after stabbing as murder investigation launched The abuse, which happened in Northwich, came to light when the victim came forward in August 2020 and reported it to the police.
In interviews following his arrest, Foster repeatedly denied the allegations but was subsequently charged in January 2023. Following a 13-day trial at Chester Crown Court, Foster, of Forster Avenue, Weaverham, was found guilty of 11 counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14, four counts of rape of a girl under 16, four counts of gross indecency with a girl under 14 and one count of rape of a girl over 16.
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