iOS - Android A year later he began sexually abusing Francis, who soon turned to drink and drugs in an attempt to dull what happened to him.The abuse would prove the catalyst to a life of crime and addiction for the youngster.By the age of 12 had taken an overdose of pain killers.Francis said: “I started drinking as a child and I knew I wasn’t doing it in the same way as other boys.
I was chasing oblivion.“I’ve had a chaotic life, utterly dedicated to obliterating the memory of what happened to me as a child.” Brought up in the infamous Raploch scheme in the shadow of Stirling Castle, Francis’s parents were addicted to painkillers.
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