conversation on a bus

I sat on a bus a few years ago and a woman I knew was sitting across the isle from me. She started telling me about a book she was writing to help her with her childhood abuse. She then went on to tell me and the rest of the bus how she was abused by her uncle from the age of 8 being promised to him in marriage, lived with him as his 'wife' from the age of 12 and was illegally married to him at 16 by a dodgy priest (this was reported in the nationals a few years afterwards) She then went on to tell me that she was also his daughter as her mother had been sleeping with him when she was conceived. By this time the whole of the bus were silent and opened mouthed. Then the grand finale .... her grandmother was abusing her eldest son!! I did know the family through another friend and the woman did have a breakdown due to all of the abuse.

I know that she 'divorced' the uncle and he went on to marry another 16 year old. The original 'bride's' children by the uncle/father were also at risk of being abused this is why she left him.

Hi Joelsnan, sorry for delay in reply to your comment ( been interviewing again!). No, the candidates opinions did not have anything to do with whether she got the job or not, and I certainly did not ask her opinions on migrant labour etc., as part of the interview process! I try to keep interviewing as friendly and informal as possible, chat about family etc, we are a small friendly company with an excellent reputation and I need to know that a potential employee is not going to be offending clients by making racist, sexist or any other potentially offensive remarks. People's opinions are their own but when they can reflect badly on my company reputation it crosses over into being my business too. It is a minefield. However, on a general note as per this thread, it is depressing and worrying that so many people do seem to believe these urban myths, and it makes me very angry that papers like the Daily Mail are happy to peddle these stories.

I should imagine the car given by the social was a car under the mot ability scheme. This is available to people who have the mobility component of DLA