![]() ![]() 'I never dreamed of being a single mum': Lydia Bright admits she feels 'overwhelmed' and puts 'enormous pressure' on herself as a sole parent Her great legal victory should bring hope to many other survivors.'īostan was charged in May 2017 as part of Operation Stovewood - the National Crime Agency's investigation into non-familial child sexual exploitation and abuse between 19. The victim previously told the National Crime Agency that she was given drugs and alcohol, coerced to a flat and raped on two occasions when she was 14 or 15.īaroness Cox, Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Honour Based Abuse, said: 'I have met with many grooming gang survivors over the years and I am delighted that Liz has been awarded this financial justice. It has been claimed she is likely to receive around £100,000. She added that she was 'proud' to have brought the case against Bostan - who was in jail at HMP Leicester - but the scale of the damages had not 'sunk in' yet.īostan failed to engage with the civil court proceedings while still in jail, and the order is likely to bankrupt him, reported The Times. It will never heal the past, we will always walk in these shoes, but it is about closing a chapter.' 'I am really, really pleased for the outcome and really, really pleased this might open the floodgates for other survivors. Liz told BBC News: 'I wanted to give something back not only to myself, but to other survivors and do something not only for Rotherham but for all the UK. Taxi driver Asghar Bostan, 52, was jailed for nine years for two offences against a girl under 16 ![]()
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