‘I was suffocating from the pain’ – survivor on long road to justice as abuser jailed after 18 years
Now 34, Tara Kelly urges others to end their silence
Tara Kelly released a photo of herself when she was 17. At the time she was being abused by Michael King who has been jailed for six-and-a-half years
Eavan Murray
A woman who saw her abuser jailed last week has appealed to other women and girls to break their silence and hold predators to account.
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