![]() ![]() 'But it carried on and it got worse when I was in my teens. I told my mum but we were both small children and she brushed it off. 'But when I was six, and he was seven, Gavin touched me down below in the bath. As tots we shared a bath together, as siblings do. She said: 'Gavin and I have the same mother but different fathers, but we were raised as brother and sister. Melissa and Gavin grew up in Kidderminster with their mother, Doris, and two other siblings. I try to blot out the memories by covering myself with tattoos.' My entire body is covered with tattoos and it's my way of coping with trauma of my childhood abuse. 'I've suffered all my life because of the abuse. Melissa said: 'I am pleased that he is at last behind bars, but I feel angry too that my own complaint wasn't investigated properly at the time. ![]() ![]() She was horrified to read a news report of Gavin's recent conviction for child sex offences involving other children. Melissa, who was abused by her brother until age 16, claims her complaints were not taken seriously by police.
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