It Could Have Been You

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Edges The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a. She was thrown into an empty derelict house where Ferrira subjected her to an appalling sex attack, slit her throat, gouged the back of her neck almost to the bone with a shard of glass and stabbed her. Now in her book, she tells her story from the day the attack took place through every stage of her fight to rebuild a normal life. We also sell a wide range of refurbished Mobile Phones and Tech from major brands like Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and much more. It's easy for people to look at me now and say it can't have been that bad," she says, sitting in the south London flat she shares with her boyfriend.

It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. She says: "A similar system is used in Canada and Holland and it has helped to raise the conviction rate. Her throat was slit, the back of her neck was gouged almost to the bone with a shard of glass and she was stabbed. In February 1992 Merlyn Nuttall was hurrying to work early one morning, heading for Brixton tube station as usual.Entertainment Magpie Limited t/a Music Magpie is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority FRN 775278. It seems clear from reading the book that Merlyn survived the attack rather better than some friends and relatives, partly because of her euphoria at simply being alive. Her friends were towers of strength, but they did not necessarily understand that what Merlyn wanted and needed was to resume normal relations.

She survived the horrific rape and attempted murder but her fight for recovery and to gain compensation brought her against some surprising areas of resistance? The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter. He tried to strangle her with cheese-wire, slashed her neck with a broken bottle, then set the room on fire and locked her in.Merlyn, a former Thornleigh College pupil who left Belmont to go to Brighton University, waived her right to anonymity after the attack and was featured telling her courageous story in the BEN. Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Entertainment Magpie Limited t/a Music Magpie acts as a broker and offers finance from a restricted range of finance providers, PayPal Credit is a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH.

Only a small percentage of women report rape to the police, then only a small percentage of cases actually get to trial. The three men of her life are the omnivores of the title: her rapacious father, her common-law husband and her terrible toddling cannibal baby. It is clear that in some sense Merlyn needed an escape from a life now defined by the attack, by the change, and so found herself a kindred spirit who treated her normally and, moreover, who needed comfort when her father died. It is clear that this early experience of loss shaped her and subsequently helped her to overcome the attack.

Here she tells her story with the aim of helping other victims, men and women – navigate the complex, sometimes indifferent, system as well as to provide vital information for those who care for victims. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. She followed him and within minutes he was forcing her at knifepoint into an empty end-of-terrace house. Merlyn Nuttall, winner of the Cosmopolitan/House of Fraser 1998 Achievement Awards, jumps for joy in Hyde Park, London today (Tuesday) after receiving her 5,000 prize.

Miraculously Merlyn survived and helped the police trace and convict her attacker, who received a 20 year sentence. Forty-five minutes later, naked, bleeding from throat slashes, Merlyn, near death, was on the front steps of the house trying to summon help. She wanted again to be the friend that others relied on, she did not want to be treated with kid gloves, to shock her friends by cracking the odd joke about her ordeal.It is clear that while many of the services and people she encountered were exemplary, others were unhelpful and even potentially detrimental. She survived the horrific rape and attempted murder but her fight for recovery and to gain compensation, brought her against some surprising areas of resistance – including the refusal of the NHS to pay for plastic surgery on her neck scars.