New member. I’ve been silently following this trial for the last week but what has come out today has compelled me to make a comment.
I cannot get this case out of my mind. I’m a survivor of CSA and cannot stop thinking about Alesha and what happened to her. The absolute brutality. To inflict such pain on a tiny child.
I’m a teacher and cannot grasp his youth. 16 is just a baby! They may look like adults but their minds are so immature and changing everyday.
From what I have seen of AC, he had every advantage in life - middle class, gorgeous house, bmx bikes, trampolines,every form of gaming and computer equipment, friends, interest from girls, good grades, stable family life,and yes it had to be said - handsome, obviously strong and with excellent health. Everything a child could want. And yet that wasn’t enough to content him. It makes my blood boil. I know so many children who have so little and are so grateful for that alone. Look at little Alesha. No doubt surrounded by love but also some instability and much less material wealth. He snuffed our her life like he was swatting a fly.
The horrific lies he has told, dragging Alesha’s family through the mud and not even allowing them the truth of what happened. They are going to be left with a lifetime of wondering how their little girl came to be with this sadist.
Sorry if this is just a rant and I’m not contributing anything useful. I just had to get if off my chest and no one close to me will talk about it for obvious reasons. I just hope it will start a dialogue about the profile of a sexual predator - how it can be anyone, but more than that how if a child will come to harm it will be to someone known to them. I don’t believe for a moment AC did not know of Alesha.
