The Backstory

A targeted assault: Sheila’s story


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Season 3 Episode 1

Sheila was raped at a garden party when she was 62.  She’s a retired nurse, a mother and grandmother. In episode 1 of this two part backstory, Sheila talks about the build up and how she believes she was targeted.  Movingly, she describes the attack itself and we hear how best friend Bridget helped her to move forwards in the aftermath.  Episode 2 of Sheila’s story airs next week.

Help and support:

Rapecrisis.org.uk 0808 802 9999

thesurvivorstrust.org/sarc/ – for information about SARCs 0808 801 0818

 

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Main theme:Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
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Licence: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Incidental music:Title: ThunderbirdAuthor: Kevin MacLeodSource: incompetech.comLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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The BackstoryBy Claire Mutimer and Suzy Coulson

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