'I want you in all ways... I can't stop it': Grandfather's sickening messages to granddaughter he abused since she was 13
A woman who was abused by her own grandfather from the age of 13 gave away her own right to lifelong anonymity and revealed the messages he sent to her. 22-year-old Jade, who is a mother to two children, gave a harrowing account of how her grandad Joseph Edwards, 69, would take her away on secret afternoon trips and molest her.
The abuse started when she was 13 and began with small touches on her backside. She narrated how they would go to the seaside together. Edwards, who denied all allegations, has been jailed for 15 months by Liverpool Crown Court after being found guilty of six offences of sexual activity with a child.
Jade told the Liverpool Echo: "I thought it was weird when he started to touch my bum, he never did that with any of the other kids. We had a really special bond, though, and he listened to me when a lot of my other family members wouldn't."