Twin brothers camp on Kings Norton Green to highlight need for support for abuse victims

By Sas Taylor
B31
October 19, 2016

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Twin brothers from Birmingham, who suffered sexual abuse as teenagers in a children’s home in Northern Ireland, are camping on The Green in Kings Norton as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the need for proper support for victims of abuse.

Bobby and Joe Blair were taken into foster care at Rubane House in County Down in 1977, where they were beaten and subjected to sexual abuse.

They waived their right to anonymity to tell their story the The Irish Sun in 2015, after giving evidence at the ­Historical Abuse Inquiry in Northern Ireland.

Now, to raise further awareness, the brothers are camping out through the winter, planning to eventually take their campaign to Westminster.