A woman has been convicted of a 14-year long reign of sexual and physical assaults on a young boy and girl. Susan Abbott, 47, regularly abused the youngsters after downing pints of Buckfast and vodka while looking after them.
The abuse began when they were so young and happened so often that the girl thought it was normal. She now suffers flashbacks and nightmares as a result of what happened.
Heartless Abbott, who has a previous conviction for child neglect, denied she’d done anything wrong, forcing the children to give evidence against her.
But a jury unanimously convicted her of three sexual assault charges and two of assault yesterday and she was placed on the Sex Offenders' Register.
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