Ellie Ashbrook’s family life appeared picture-perfect from the outside when she was growing up, with a supportive family around her including a ‘perfect’ father.
But behind closed doors, Ellie’s life in St Helens, Merseyside, could not have been further from the ideal family unit people saw, as she was sexually abused by her father for six years.
David Ashbrook, 59, began his vile six year campaign of abuse against his daughter when she was only 12 years old.
The paedophile
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