Nicola Hanney recounts the abuse at the hands of disgraced Garda Paul Moody, while battling recurring cancer and caring for her young son…
Nicola Hanney recounts the traumatic years she spent suffering abuse at the hands of disgraced Garda Paul Moody, all the while battling recurring cancer and caring for her young son…
I was so caught. But I couldn’t say anything. I knew my family would spring into action if they knew this, my brothers would fight him and I couldn’t let that happen. Paul used to talk about that, how much time men got for hitting coppers. ‘Ten years,’ he would say, ‘automatically.’ ‘You won’t get away with this, Paul,’ I said to him. I had no idea of the type of power Paul had, but it felt like he had all the power.
He sat back on his heels. ‘You’re fucking riddled,’ he said, ‘cancer is eating you, you’re a fucking goner.’ He spoke my fears into the room. ‘I’m going to bury you and that child won’t even know your fucking name Hanney, do you hear me?’ he grunted as he held me down, ‘do you hear that Hanney? He won’t even know your fucking name.’ I sobbed. ‘You leave me again and you can die in that apartment, do what you like, but you mark my words, your family won’t see Jack again.
I crossed the road so I could see better. I knew where I was headed – the police station. Hearing another car coming, I summoned my very last strength and ran for it. The police station was closed. There was a sign on the door saying to contact the police in Maynooth and a number. Jack slipped out of my arms onto his feet and I held him there by the hands, standing on the steps of the station, while I caught my breath. His feet were bare on the cold stone, so I picked him back up again.
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