:wave: Totally agree, non of this is acceptable. I feel for Tiahs' bio family....I know that her mum was in bad circumstances in the early days, but by all reports had been getting her act together in hopes to get Tia back..to think she was entrusted into the care of someone who was supposed to be giving her a safe, stable environment to live and thrive in, and keeping her safer than the situation she had been in....and those people murder her! Its beyond fathoming and there really does need to be some serious questions asked and lessons learned. Though that sadly does not help poor Tiah now, but perhaps it will save another from a similar fate.
With regards to the foster brothers, Thornburn junior/s, I would not at all be surprised if he has grown being subjected to abuse also....
This was my immediate thoughts too. .. 18 years old when it happened and why was it that in HIS mind 'rape ' was apparently a 'normal' occurance if someone Upsets or Angers you. This boy / adult comes across as 'angry' in photos, I can't help but wonder what he has endured and witnessed over the years.
The above comments are in no way excusing or condoning the atrocities against Tia. At 18 he was an adult & is expected to know right from wrong, no matter the circumstances. As an adult he should have been able to make decisions to protect not only himself but others, and to seek appropriate help & support (tough gig in certain family circumstances, but hey, that's what sorts the men from the rock spiders)
There is so much here that is just all wrong, unacceptable and way beyond my comprehension - not to mention how this little girl was ever placed with 'these people', never mind the fact that she was left there with them.
If she didn't previously 'run away', and has now started to 'run away', why wasn't that properly investigated? As a child with a troubled and disrupted background, now moved from here to there, then to here & then there, did she have Counsellor assigned and did she have regular sessions with them so she knew she had a 'safety net' if things weren't good ?
granny said she had a 'crush' but that doesn't line up with the fact she told her friend ' when FP are out, he has sex with me' .... 'He tried to touch me' ... I do wonder the sequence of those occurrences and maybe the friend confused who was doing what & when. As adults we can't Ci pretend, can you imagine an 11/ 12 year old thing to process, keep track, and wrangle with what to do for her friend.
Was that the same place where she wanted to stay I wonder - maybe that was their solution, but couldn't bring themselves to tell the Mum so she pushed back?
I also wonder about Granny - what side is she?