Michelle Swords said abuse stopped at age 11, when she learned in sex education class that what Kenneth Cooke (61) had done to her was wrong
Michelle Swords said abuse stopped at age 11, when she learned in sex education class that what Kenneth Cooke had done to her was wrongMs Justice Emily Egan in the High Court said Michelle Swords had suffered 'a very grave breach of trust by someone who should have been protecting her'.A woman has been awarded €160,000 by the High Court against her brother, who sexually abused her four or five times a week for five years as a child in the family home.
She was represented by Conor Rubalcava BL and Feargal White of Coughlan White Solicitors, who obtained judgment against him last year in default of an appearance. The case came before the High Court on Tuesday for assessment of damages. Even after she moved into another bedroom, after one of her sisters moved out and got married, the abuse continued and escalated to attempts at penetration. When she called out and said she was sore, he would stop. This would usually occur on Saturday nights when he came home drunk, and the other sister who shared the bedroom was out, she said.
In 2010 she told a family member. In 2011, at a family event, she told Cooke’s own wife, who she said believed her. When Cooke arrived and she confronted him, she said he at first verbally abused her before then trying to “put out his hand saying he was sorry”.
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