When Sammy Woodhouse was just 14 she became the victim of notorious sex gang ring leader Arshid Hussain. By the time she was 15 she was pregnant with his baby.
Last month, Woodhouse waived her anonymity in an interview with the BBC to speak out about her ordeal, hoping for action to be taken against the professionals who she says failed to help her.
The now 31-year-old has since shared the heartbreaking moment her son asked if he was a ‘rape baby‘.
When it was first speculated locally that Sammy was a victim of the ‘Rotherham sex gang‘, her son got into the car and asked her “Mum, am I a rape baby?”
She told the panel on Loose Women, a British chat show, that she held his hand and replied: “You’re not a rape baby, you’re my baby.”
“Everyone in Rotherham knew, it was so public, I wasn’t the first or last, so there’s a lot of people who knew,” she said.
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I'm a rape baby. Well, I say baby but I'm now 71. I was adopted at four weeks of age and found out the circumstances of my conception when I was 43. My birth father was the father of my mother's best friend.
People have suggested to me that it's something to be ashamed of but my opinion is that it has nothing to do with me because I wasn't there. Well I guess I was technically, but not really. I actually once had a born again Christian offer to 'cure' me by faith healing because she said the circumstances of my conception made me 'full of filth, just like your mother'! What does that even mean? Still, it's good for a laugh.
To all the other rape babies out there I would simply say that none of us are responsible for our conception. Just enjoy the life you've been given because it's the most precious gift you'll ever be given.
Poor Sammy, my heart goes out to all the victims. Rotherham should never have happened.
The police were so worried about being labelled "racist" that they let these poor girls, all 1000+of them be abused by these ferals. This is why no religious ideology should be above investigation/Royal Commissions.