‘This man destroyed a part of me’ - man allegedly molested as a child

Arrest of suspect for allegedly molesting four boys prompts adult to lay complaint of his own

He can still smell his abuser’s aftershave and recalls sitting in class as a young boy trying to scratch the scent from his nostrils.

But 14 years later, the memories he had tried so hard to suppress came back to haunt him when four young boys from his home town of Despatch accused the same man of molesting them...

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