I was sexually abused by my brother from aged 5 who would ‘do things’ to me in bath – I told mum but she DEFENDED him A WOMAN who was sexually abused by her brother from the age of five has opened up on her pain after her mum chose to defend her sibling.
Shavoughne Firth, now 27, bravely waived her legal right to anonymity to tell the story of how she was sexually assaulted by her brother Kieran, who is 11 years older than her.
He denied the offences but was found guilty on five counts of sexual offences against a child, including two counts of indecent assault, two of assault by penetration and one of sexual assault following a trial earlier this year.
Brave Shavoughne said she wants to raise awareness around sexual abuse within families, adding: "I'm grieving for that little girl that had to go through all that but I'm also grieving for the adult version of myself who doesn't have a mother now.".
Shavoughne, who left the family home for the first time aged 15 and then permanently at age 18 while heavily pregnant, read an emotive statement aloud to the courtroom and to her abuser ahead of the judge's verdict.
