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Victim’s statement “I was 8 years old when I can remember the first incidents taking place, and I remember feeling so scared and confused. I really didn’t understand what had just happened to me but something told me it was wrong and because I felt it was wrong, I also felt I'd been naughty… I felt so trapped inside a nightmare I couldn’t escape from. My abuser was always there. He was part of my family and I couldn’t get away from him… I also suffer from terrifying flashbacks… without any warning and they cause such overwhelming panic… For me it is a life sentence, and what's more I am completely innocent.” Judge Roger Thomas QC told 63-year-old Hardcastle: “You had not been in trouble with the courts or the police over the years, but you have been convicted last week of six offences of indecent assault. These date back to the late 70s and early 80s, beginning in 1978 and the early part of 1979 when you were 20 years of age. "From those formative years, she (the victim) was subjected to these offences.” He told him the damage done to his victim, who was left scared and confused by what had happened, had carried through to her adult years and caused her severe psychological harm, before she finally disclosed what happened in 2019.
29th July 2021
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CHALLENGE 750 DONE
A man and his son have walked for 750 minutes around Sheffield to raise over £1600 for The Salvation Army.
Having lived in 4 countries in Africa – Kenya, Malawi, Uganda and Nigeria – he is more acutely aware of such situations.
Goff Payne of The Salvation Army says he has been touched by the knowledge that so many people in parts of the world go without - sometimes for want of better training and access to resources that we take for granted.
He told Look Local, ‘When I read about the 750 Challenge it made an impact on me, and I wondered how the '750' could best be used as a challenge for me. A 750-minute walk seemed a good idea given that we live so close to glorious open countryside.’ Walking from Edale, taking in Kinder Scout, Bleak-
low and Margery Hill, High Bradfield and ending up at the base of Loxley Common seemed a suitable challenge that would take at least 750 minutes (12.5 hours). Our son, Duncan, who lives nearby, and who grew up in Kenya and Malawi, wanted to be part of the action, and possibly to keep an eye on his 'old man'! We completed the walk a few weeks ago and have so far raised over £1600.” In addition, the local Salvation Army church at Hillsborough Tabernacle, Proctor Place is putting on a table-top sale at 10am on 7 August, so that this figure can be boosted. Bric-a-brac, clothes, and other items will be on sale, and refreshments available too. The Salvation Army’s Feeding Hope CHALLENGE 750: “In 2019, close to 750 million – or nearly one in ten people in the world – were exposed to severe levels of food insecurity” Choose your challenge based on the number 750 and take part anytime, anywhere before the end of August. See https://www. salvationarmy.org.uk/international-development/campaigns/feeding-hope for further information. Pictured: Duncan & Goff Payne on Kinder Scout, Bleaklow Stones
