WARNING: This story contains details some listeners may find distressing.

Clare Topcu and her young son were the victims of a burglary and vicious attack by a group of young men who broke into her farmhouse by removing roof slates and climbing into her home through the roof. Both she and her young son were beaten and bound with tape before the burglars made their escape. It was a terrifying ordeal they are still affected by today. When one of the burglars was arrested and imprisoned Clare agreed to meet him in prison as part of a restorative justice process. At the time she agreed to meet the burglar she was determined to reap her revenge. 

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