The sister of a woman raped by an inmate at an SA jail three years ago delivers a victim impact statement on her behalf, telling an Adelaide court the hurt 'never really goes away'.
A South Australian prison guard who was raped by a convicted murderer in 2017 has told a court that she has struggled to accept herself since the ordeal and hates that she has let it "define who I am".The sister of a prison guard raped by an inmate has delivered a victim impact statement on her behalf
"For the last three years of my life, I feel like I haven't really lived. I get out of bed and I go through the motions. In her statement read to the court, the victim said she has struggled with the questions put to her by defence lawyer Lindy Powell QC during her cross-examination at trial."There hasn't been a day since I sat in that courtroom where I haven't heard Ms Powell's voice in my head," she wrote.
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