A VICTIM of a Widnes pervert has spoken out about the abuse she suffered at his hands as a child.
Sally Roberts, who has waived her right to anonymity, was abused by her biological father Edward Massey of Avondale Drive, when he lived in Runcorn and Chester.
Massey, 54, was found guilty of eight indecent assaults, three acts of indecency with a child and one rape, at Warrington Crown Court last week.
He had four victims including Sally.
Sally, now aged 28 and living in Wirral, hadn't seen Massey for ten years before the court case.
She said: "All his victims were chosen very carefully, they were all very vulnerable.
"Some of them were from foster care, some were from children's homes.
"I was living with my mother and step father and he knew we were having trouble at home, it was physically abusive
"I always used to see him as a knight in shining armour.
"He always used to ask you don't mind me doing this, do you? He knew we couldn't go back and tell."
Sally now has two kids and said she received 'tremendous' support from her husband during the case.
She said: "After giving my statement I went through a year of sheer hell, I couldn't open the doors, I couldn't open the curtains, I was having panic attacks.
"I was convinced he was going to come and find me.
"Giving evidence was very, very difficult but the court was good, they screened him off.
"When I saw him around the court building I still felt frightened even though I knew he couldn't hurt me."
When he was convicted Sally said she felt 'tremendous relief.'
"It was closure for everybody. It had gone on for so long.
"You try and get on with everyday life. If you dwell on the past too much it affects your present and your future."
Massey is out on bail while reports are prepared before he is sentenced.
"My main concern is that he is still walking round," said Sally.
"I just hope he gets his just desserts from the legal system and the term he serves reflects on all the years of suffering his victims have had to go through.
"It's wrecked some of his victims' lives for more than 20 years."
She added: "I will always feel in my heart that I could have saved somebody else by speaking out sooner, and now hopefully I have. It's just about protecting another child - and that's what I wanted to do."
