23 January 2009
As I walked by the provision shop a few blocks away from my house, the headline of 'The New Paper' caught my eye. It said, "Perfect dad; Sex Monster", therefore i decided to share it online. Here is a summary of it by me...
Madam Annie married Joe because she thought that he was the perfect father for her kids. Joe was strict with her kids and did not allow them to mix freely with other boys. Unknown to Madam Annie, Joe had been preying on his young stepdaughters, Jane, then 13 and Jenny, then 11. The sexual abuse made Jane pregnant and Joe arranged for her to have an abortion in 2007. The terrible truth emerged last June while Madam Annie was cleaning Jane's room. She saw a letter from a hospital that showed the results of a pregnancy test and mentioned that an abortion had been performed on her daughter. She kept the letter and asked Jenny about it the next day. To her horror, Jenny started crying and told her that Joe had been raping her and Jane for some time. At first Madam Annie was shocked and speechless then she became very angry. Joe also threw tantrums and hit her or the children. Madam Annie did not report her husband's abuse because she was not injured and believed that he would change his ways. Then, Madam Annie could not stand it anymore. She lodged a police report soon after and Joe was arrested the next day. "I told him, 'Your life may be ruined but my four daughters' lives had been ruined more severely than yours'. I gave him a piece of my mind so much so that the police officers had to restrain me." Joe was sentenced to 30 years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane.
From this article, I learnt that we must not judge a book by its cover. What appears pleasing might not appear the same after some time. Joe deserved his punishment and I pity Madam Annie and her four daughters, I hope that she will be able to find another good husband and settle down.

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