article_snippet.sent: What began as touching became rape on an almost daily basis.
article_snippet.sent: the abuse was like the elephant in the room.
article_snippet.sent: the abuse weighed me down, physically, all through my life. '
article_snippet.sent: But I could not forget the abuse she suffered.
article_snippet.sent: Detective Constable Lesley Nolan-Brennan, said: 'The detail of the shocking abuse suffered by other victims of abuse is quite frankly stomach-churning. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Mandy, from Greater Manchester, was raped almost daily as a child .
  