ALISON* BROKE THE SILENCE ON HER DEVASTATING STORY OF ABUSE AFTER SHE WAS 'GROOMED' BY A MAN TRYING TO GET TO HER DAUGHTER 11:30, 31 May 2025 A brave mum has broken her silence on

the abuse, control and manipulation she suffered at the hands of her ex-husband - a man whom she was 'groomed by to access her daughter'. In a whirl-wind romance the couple, who

met in the January, were engaged by May and married by the September. But a month after their wedding, accusations of intra-familial abuse began to emerge. READ MORE: We went behind the

scenes with police as public send in shocking driving crimes 'caught on camera' During the relationship he tried to 'rip her wedding ring off her finger, would throw things at

January, it was a bit of a whirl wind. In the May, we were engaged, married by the September. "In the October we were approached to have his two daughters from his ex-relationship. All

of a sudden there were accusations saying he had messed with his ex-step daughter from that relationship." They were told before they could have the children, but everything was placed

on hold when the accusations emerged. She added: "He told me it was all lies, that it was the mum who was instigating it all and all because we'd been approached to have the

daughters. "It all went to court in the end, but the social services from my area said there were no query, no worry about him having a relationship with my children. He was allowed to

have supervised contact. "I originally did it, but because I'd had trouble with people from my area, the contact was moved to another family member and they had to do supervised

contact. "It all went to court about 12 months later, in that meantime I'd cut off contact and said 'I can't do it', he had very limited contact with my daughter

because I was told he was trying to get through me to my daughter. "He got physical as well, tried to rip my wedding ring off my finger. He'd throw things at me. He'd go take

money out my bank. "I fell out with my mum and dad, I've lost my sister, I've lost my friends. But because they're so very good at masking stuff, when you're in a

relationship you don't see it." After she began divorce proceedings, more accusations emerged. "The day he went to court he rang me and said there's another couple of

accusations. "He told me the full extent of it when he came out of court." There was a total of four allegations in the end, she said, but because of lack of evidence,

"nothing got done." She added: "My children suffered because I didn't know what to do. Their school times were they had to go in after the bell, leave before the end of

school, just so I didn't have to see anybody. "I lost my sister because of him. But there's no going back now because there was a lot of things said. "My main focus was

my kids. Nobody was taking my kids off me, never." SARAH'S LAW She urged others to make use of Sarah's Law to formally request information from the police if they have

concerns their child, or children may be at risk. "Only if you were told about Sarah's Law, that something could happen before then," she said. "I did try and do it after

the divorce, but because he was out of my life, noting ever came back off it, which is a shame, because it could have saved a lot of trouble. "If you've got any inkling or doubt

about anybody, do the laws. Simple as that. Try and find the right support at the right time because having it at the end is too late. Article continues below "Don't hide. I hid

because I was ashamed. It's not our fault, even though we're led to believe it." Sarah’s Law is also known as the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme (CSODS), it allows you

to request information about someone who has contact with a child. Advice, help and support is available from a variety of organisations: * STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE CALL: 101. * ALWAYS CALL 999

IN AN EMERGENCY VISIT: WWW.STAFFORDSHIRE.POLICE.UK * NSPCC CALL: 0808 800 5000 VISIT:WWW.NSPCC.ORG.UK/ * STOP IT NOW CALL: 0808 1000 900 VISIT: WWW.STOPITNOW.ORG.UK/