My father is a convicted Peadophile.

Last year, my world came crashing down one day.

4 days before my 20 week scan which he was coming too, I saw a post on Facebook, I began to read it, to the horror; “*his name* arrested for attempting to have sex with what he thought to be an 11 year old”

My whole world literally stopped, I thought it was a joke, I contacted the page who posted this which then told me that they have proof, but they can’t show me yet, as he’d literally just been arrested and had to wait for court.

He got found out by a peadophile hunters group.

Next minute, I get phone calls, texts from people who know me, who knew him, asking me “Is it true?!”

900,000 shares on Facebook, people from Australia, America saw it. I was, and still am devastated.

Fast forward a few weeks, it’s in the local papers, news, 45 year old man charged and sentenced to 4 years for attempting to have sexual intercourse with what he thought was an 11 year old girl.

I knew then that it was true, and I wasn’t just dreaming.

4 years sentence (judge wanted 10, but it wasn’t a real girl, it was a man portraying a girl so he couldn’t do 10)

Sex offenders register for life

Can’t be in contact with children under 16

Can not be in a job which may or does include children

It’s been just over a year, and I’m still not over it.

How do you get over something like that?

My daughter is just turning one. And I’m scared he’s going to turn up at my door. So it won’t be for a while, but it’s still scary to me.

I’m honestly still so broken 😔