My childhood Christmases were stolen aged 8 by my family’s sick lodger – I won’t forget the smell of cigarettes on him

WHEN Kelly Abraham thinks back to the Christmases she had as a child, she doesn’t recall the excitement of waking up to gifts under the tree or happy times spent with loved ones.

All she can remember is the stench of smoke on her abuser’s clothes.

Kelly Abraham was abused by her family’s lodger at the age of eightFocus Features The abuse stayed with her as she grew up and she began wetting the bedFocus Features

She was eight when she was was repeatedly targeted by Charles Chapple...