{"id":222997,"date":"2023-10-04T15:51:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T15:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=222997"},"modified":"2023-10-04T15:51:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T15:51:53","slug":"woman-raped-by-stepdad-aged-8-reveals-moment-she-confronted-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/lifestyle\/woman-raped-by-stepdad-aged-8-reveals-moment-she-confronted-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman raped by stepdad aged 8 reveals moment she confronted him"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>My stepfather raped me from the age of 8 and made a sick excuse when I finally confronted him in front of my mother<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The perpetrator has begun a 14-year jail term after admitting his crimes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Teenager who raped six women over three years is convicted<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A young woman who was raped by her stepfather at the age of eight has bravely spoken out to urge victims of the crime to come forward and get help.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Sallis, 27, from Wigan, Greater Manchester, was subjected to horrific sexual abuse by her depraved stepfather, David Sallis, 47 &#8211; who she&#8217;s branded a &#8216;monster&#8217; &#8211; when she was just a little girl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When she confronted him years later, he shockingly to the crime, telling Michelle he assaulted her because he wanted to know what it &#8216;felt like to have sex with someone else&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle endured years of terror at the hands of the rapist, including one instance when he abused her in her mum&#8217;s bed when she was &#8216;flat out with sleeping tablets&#8217;. The perpetrator is now beginning a 14-year jail term after admitting his crimes at Preston Crown Court.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/12\/76156151-12592829-image-a-12_1696420650210.jpg\" height=\"1127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Michelle Sallis (pictured), 27, from Manchester, endured years of sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather, beginning when she was just eight years old<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/13\/76156155-12592829-David_Sallis_pictured_47_who_subjected_Michelle_to_horrific_sexu-m-19_1696420873240.jpg\" height=\"830\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>David Sallis (pictured), 47 &#8211; who subjected Michelle to horrific sexual abuse in her very own home &#8211; has been jailed for 14 years and three months at Preston Crown Court, for five counts of rape, and assault by penetration<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/12\/76157383-12592829-image-a-14_1696420658383.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>David moved into their family home in Bury, Greater Manchester and by the time Michelle was seven, she was made a bridesmaid at her mum and David&#8217;s wedding\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bravely recounting her experience, she explained: &#8216;My stepfather raped me in my own bed, in my bedroom, as a little girl. It was the one place I should have felt safe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;From the moment I met him, I was wary of him and anxious around him. Perhaps I had a sense, even as a little girl, that he was a monster.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was only aged 16 when I learned about consent at school that I realised it was so wrong. It took me years to pluck up courage to confront him and he just admitted it, as though it was no big deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I haven\u2019t had support from my family, and it\u2019s been a hard journey. But I feel as though the burden has been lifted. I would encourage all other victims of abuse to speak out and to get help. Staying silent is what enables perpetrators, I feel now I have a voice&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>David Sallis came into Michelle\u2019s life when she was just six years old after her mother met him on holiday in Peterborough.<\/p>\n<p>David quickly moved into their family home in Bury, Greater Manchester and by the time she was seven, she was made a bridesmaid at her mum and David&#8217;s wedding.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle, an auxiliary nurse, said she had always been &#8216;wary&#8217; of strangers and quite quickly sensed the &#8216;evil&#8217; in David.<\/p>\n<p>She continued: &#8216;My own dad wasn\u2019t around, and I had no relationship with him. I was wary of strangers, and of men in particular. I didn\u2019t even feel comfortable in the same room as him. Perhaps instinctively I sensed the evil in him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He assumed the role of my dad and was very strict, sending me to bed earlier than usual, not allowing me to have a night-light. He did the school run too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/16\/76157435-12592829-Bravely_recounting_her_experience_Michelle_said_My_stepfather_ra-m-1_1696431976286.jpg\" height=\"609\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bravely recounting her experience, Michelle -pictured at her mother&#8217;s wedding to Savills, said: &#8216;My stepfather raped me in my own bed, in my bedroom, as a little girl. It was the one place I should have felt safe&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/12\/76156153-12592829-image-a-16_1696420666156.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A much younger David Sallis is pictured here &#8211; around the time he first started abusing Michelle<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He worked as a cleaner in a pub and would take me to work with him on Saturdays, saying my mum &#8220;needed a break&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In the evenings, he\u2019d leave my mum watching TV downstairs, and come up to watch a film with me in my room. The sexual assaults began when I was 8. It started with touching, and it progressed until he raped me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had no idea what it was, but I knew I hated it. Because I wasn\u2019t used to having a dad, I presumed maybe this was what all dads did&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Sallis continued his twisted reign of terror, attacking Michelle as often as three times a week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It happened a lot in my bedroom. He\u2019d pitch a tent in the garden and abuse me there&#8217; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Or he\u2019d get in the paddling pool with me. He took me camping, and he raped me in a field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He even abused me in Mum\u2019s bed when she was flat out with sleeping tablets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He made me promise not to tell, and I grew up fearing that social services might take me away if I ever confided in anyone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/13\/76157417-12592829-image-a-20_1696421047541.jpg\" height=\"792\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>By the age of 16, during a school lesson about consent, Michelle finally realised she had been raped (Pictured: Michelle&#8217;s school photo)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/12\/76157427-12592829-image-a-18_1696420673960.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Michelle revealed that she now has a partner, James (pictured), and is gearing up to enjoy her life ahead<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Over the years, I became very withdrawn, confused and sad&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>By the tender age of 12, Michelle began staying with a schoolfriend, causing the abuse to gradually peter out.<\/p>\n<p>And by 16, during a school lesson about consent, Michelle finally realised she had been raped.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;It could be that the abuse stopped because I\u2019d hit puberty. But I think probably he just didn\u2019t get the opportunity anymore. I spent so little time at home and in my teens, I moved in with a pal from school.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8216;I had always thought of rape as a violent act \u2013 an attack by stranger down a dark alleyway. I didn\u2019t associate this with what had happened to me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Yet I also slowly realised that it was the worst betrayal of all to be raped by my step-dad, in my own room, in my own bed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was a lot to deal with. I tried all sorts of new starts, moving house, getting a new job, meeting a new partner, but nothing helped. I drank a lot, to blot out the memory. I felt like I was constantly running, constantly fleeing the memory of the abuse&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Emotionally, Michelle felt like she&#8217;d hit a brick wall, and so decided to confront David in front of her mother and other family members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michelle was stunned when he admitted it immediately, saying: \u2018I just wanted to see what it was like to have sex with someone else.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>David was jailed for 14 years and three months at Preston Crown Court in August, for five counts of rape, and assault by penetration.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle revealed that she now has a partner, James, and is gearing up to enjoy her life ahead. She is also urging other victims of sexual abuse to speak out and know that the &#8216;shame belongs to the abusers&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8216;I felt the sentencing was probably about right, given the guidelines but he can never be adequately punished for what he did.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Apart from the officer in my case, who was brilliant, I had no support. Victim Support kept forgetting to update me, I was always lost on their system. It just added to the stress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don\u2019t want my story to define me, I want to look forward and enjoy my life. But I want to try and help others by speaking out. The shame belongs to the abusers, and not to the survivors&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12592829\/Woman-confront-stepfather-rape.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My stepfather raped me from the age of 8 and made a sick excuse when I finally&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Woman raped by stepdad aged 8 reveals moment she confronted him - All World Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/lifestyle\/woman-raped-by-stepdad-aged-8-reveals-moment-she-confronted-him\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Woman raped by stepdad aged 8 reveals moment she confronted him - 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