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Mother of St Ann’s Special School paedophile victim says commission findings won’t diminish impact of the crimes
THE mother of one of Brian Perkins’ vulnerable young victims says the royal commission findings would allow those affected to “get the real truth”, but the horrific crimes would live with them forever.
Helen Gitsham told The Advertiser the commission had confirmed her beliefs about the scandal that “anything that could go wrong did go wrong”.
Her son David attended the school from 1975 to 1988 while paedophile bus driver David Perkins was employed at the school.
His behaviour deteriorated in the years after, but it was not until 2001 when the abuse was uncovered publicly they began to suspect he had been a victim of Perkins.
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