Elisa Frank, Kimberley Frank and Samantha Sykes had been best friends since school and had stayed best friends despite the challenges life threw at them. In 2007, Kimberley and Elisa were taken from their home and placed into the care system and for the first time in their lives, the three friends were split up. In a care home in Wakefield, Yorkshire, Elisa met a man named Ahmad Otak. This meeting changed the course of all three girls’ lives forever. 

* This episode discusses domestic abuse and mentions sexual exploitation of children, listener discretion is advised. *

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Ask For ANI: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pharmacies-launch-codeword-scheme-to-offer-lifeline-to-domestic-abuse-victims 

Elisa Frank's Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Borderline-Diaries-Elisa-Frank/dp/1910027014#:~:text=The%20Borderline%20Diaries%20Paperback%20%E2%80%93%2014,2015&text=Elisa%20Frank's%20sister%20and%20best,own%20life%20sentence%20of%20grief. 

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Sources used in this episode:

Britain’s Darkest Taboos: My Boyfriend Murdered My Sister and Best Friend and Made Me Watch - Season 4 Episode 4

Judge’s Sentencing Report: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Judgments/ahmad-otak-sentencing-remarks-091112.pdf

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/mum-whose-courageous-kind-daughter-19343725

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/missed-chances-stop-wakefield-asylum-seeker-who-murdered-twice-1862208

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-20271840

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-22884672

https://www.samanthasykesfoundation.com/

https://www.samanthasykesfoundation.com/fears-over-cse-and-care-in-wakefield/

https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/Pages/PageNotFound.aspx?requestUrl=https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/Documents/schools-children/safeguarding/serious-case-review-chirstine.pdf

https://closeronline.co.uk/real-life/news/baby-healing-pain-seeing-sister-friend-murdered-ex/