Teen drugged and raped 'every day' by her own dad who called her 'my wife'

A brave teenager told how she was repeatedly drugged and raped by her own dad over two years of hell in which he referred to her as his "wife".
Emma Burt, 19, revealed how her biological father Christopher Wayne Edwards, 40, indecently photographed her during the sickening tirade of abuse.

Emma first went to live with Edwards in December 2012, at the age of 15, after a row with her mum.
Edwards abused Emma within a month of her moving in before attacking her daily after feeding her cannabis until she passed out.

With her dad

By the time she escaped, Emma was addicted to amphetamines and cocaine that her father supplied her with, and she claims he raped her every single day.
In a sick twist Emma said Edwards used to even call her "his wife" before she escaped aged 17.
Brave Emma has waived her right to anonymity to speak out after Edwards was jailed for 12 years for rape and four charges of sexual activity with a child family member.

Mum-of-one Emma, from Powys, Wales, who is now free from drugs , said: "He was in and out of my life for a number of years but I was 15 when I moved in with him and the abuse started around a month or so in.

"In the first two months of his abusing me, he would never talk about how he raped me.
"He just would sort of wait until I was asleep or close to sleeping, then the drugs came into it from about three months onwards.
""It got to the point where I was dependent on the drugs. I didn't have any understanding of what was going on because I was too spaced out.

"Being so reliant on the drugs caused multiple issues when I left, I've never told anyone but people started to notice that I was weird or different."

Edwards pleaded guilty to rape, four charges of sexual activity, one charge of possessing an indecent photograph and three charges of taking indecent photographs, and supplying her with drugs.
He has now been jailed for 12 years for the catalogue of sex offences.


Source: Daily Mirror