Five months later, in September that year, Leon was sentenced to three years nine months jail but released after two years and six months and returned back to the same town the girls continue to live in.
Two months later, she and Pippa both waived their right to anonymity, speaking out exclusively as they fronted news.com.au’s Justice Shouldn’t Hurt campaign, demanding the expansion of a program designed to make court less traumatic for children involved in sexual abuse matters.
Rose later explained that her older sister, Pippa, who was eight at the time, told Rose that Leon “shouldn’t do that”.
Leon* and his wife had been good family friends for a number of years, with Michelle admitting they were like ‘grandparents’ to the girls.
“I went into professional mode and asked her if there was anything else he does that she didn't like,” Michelle, a teacher from Albury, New South Wales, explained on the podcast.
