Every time she disappeared, I thought I'd never see her alive again.
I couldn't eat, sleep or function properly, and I could see no way back. Every minute of every day became a nightmare. I felt as if my daughter was sliding away from me and I'd never be able to get her back.
People ask me why I use the word 'grooming' rather than referring to them as paedophiles, but most of these men haven't been convicted. The men flattered them into believing they loved them as part of a process of grooming them to have sex with lots of different men, some in their 30s and 40s. Money didn't seem to be changing hands, but the girls were getting drink and drugs and mobile phones. 'Those boys are my boyfriends.'Īs far as she was concerned, she was doing what she wanted to do and I was hindering her.
