Sam put down the diary, she remembered that initiation into sex her first true love and she had loved it all it had been just sex every time they met but it had been wonderful until Gareth moved into the neighbourhood.

20th October 1990

A new family have moved in round the corner from my Gran’s house, the boy Gareth is horrible, he has a big bauldy shaven head and tattoos all over his arms, he’s 19 Gran says he’s horrible.  Ceri and I keep away from him and Jen and Michelle are scared to go past his house too.  Dad says to keep away from him he is trouble.  His sisters are really nice they are frightened of Gareth or Gazz as he says his name is too.  His Dad is away at sea and his Mum is scared of him, she does what he tells her according to Gran.  We have to pass his house to get to Gran’s and yesterday he was shouting at me and Ceri that he knew what we did we ignored him.  We don’t go the den anymore but Ceri’s Mum is at work until 8 every night so we go to Ceri’s house to have sex I just love it it makes me so happy and I love Ceri for doing it to me and letting me do it to her.  When we went to look at the den we knew someone had been in it that’s why we don’t go to it too scarey now.

22nd October 1990

I don’t know what to do, the police have been here, Ceri has been attacked and raped by someone in the house while her Mum was in work.  A man got in through the conservatory window at about 7 last night just after I left.  We had been having sex for ages and I had to go home, the man had put Ceri on the floor opened her dressing gown and forced himself on her he had a knife too.  The police wanted to know if I’d seen anyone about when I left but I didn’t. Only when I was looking out of my bedroom window I saw Gazz Brocklands go past my house at about 7.30 he was carrying a bag with him but he just walked past towards his own house that’s all I could say to them really.