Claims extracted
26
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
8%
2 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
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A sexual abuse survivor who was raped by her teacher has revealed the harrowing moment she discovered he had kept indecent photos of her for 40 years.
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he → see → years
Anthony Woolford, 76, was on Friday sentenced to 12 years behind bars for rape, indecent assault and possession of indecent images – nearly four decades after the offences took place.
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offences → sentence → place
The sex attacker was working as a teacher in the late 1980s when he groomed a teenage pupil.
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he → work → pupil
Woolford coaxed his victim into sexual activity in classroom cupboards before he soon began picking her up on the weekends under the guise of taking her to church.
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he → coax → church
However, the paedophile instead took her out for 'prosecco and prawns' and back to his home where he abused the schoolgirl and made indecent photos of her.
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he → take → her
These images were discovered in Woolford's possession in a 2018 investigation and, five years later, the victim identified herself as the teenager in them.
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victim → discover → them
She said: 'Finding out that these photos still existed fills me with utter shame.
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photos → say → shame
The fact that he kept them, that he never destroyed them, means I will now live with a deep and lasting sense of fear and exposure.
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I → keep → fear
Anthony Woolford, 76, was on Friday sentenced to 12 years behind bars for rape, indecent assault, and possession of indecent images
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Woolford → sentence → images
The possibility that they could resurface at any moment is a constant weight I carry.'
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I → resurface → moment
The victim said she had come to rely on cigarettes and alcohol – originally pushed on her by Woolford – as a coping mechanism for the abuse she had suffered.
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she → say → abuse
This left her in 'a prolonged state of hypervigilance' and 'persistent fear of abandonment, a compulsive need to please others in order to feel safe, and a heightened sensitivity to perceived aggression or conflict'.
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This → leave → aggression
She also struggled to finish school due to the abuse.
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She → struggle → abuse
The paedophile denied the allegations throughout his trial before being sentenced to 12 years in jail at Guildford Crown Court on Friday.
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paedophile → deny → Friday
The 76-year-old even tried to claim he didn't know the woman.
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he → try → woman
However the victim said the feeling of seeing her abuser face justice all these years later has been cathartic.
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abuser → say → justice
She said: 'His denial is not just a lie.
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denial → say → ?
It is another attempt to erase me, to erase what he did, and to protect himself at any cost.
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he → erase → cost
For the first time, I am not carrying this alone.
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I → carry → this
Coming forward has forced me to relive things I never wanted to revisit.
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I → come → things
'But I am here because my voice matters.
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voice → matter → ?
By reporting what he did… I have stood up for the child I once was, and for every child who deserves protection and safety.'
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who → report → protection
DC Fiona Clare, of Surrey Police, said: 'I pay tribute to the victim-survivor's courage in coming forward after so many years of carrying this burden alone.
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I → say → burden
Her bravery has put Woolford behind bars, and it would not have happened without her.
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it → put → her
The pre-sentencing report assessed that the risk posed by Woolford "is unmanageable in the community" and that he is "highly likely to re-offend".
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he → assess → community
'So in coming forward the victim-survivor has undoubtedly protected others and prevented potential future offences.'
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survivor → come → offences
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