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A young man who says he was abused by two paedophiles has given a chilling insight into the mind games used by several predators to groom their victims. Known only as XX, the 24-year-old is suing the State Government, claiming it failed in its duty of care to protect him from Laurie O'Shea and Colin Charles Humphreys. He says O'Shea's release from jail on license triggered a series of events that led to Humphreys kidnapping and abusing him- and ultimately leaving his life in ruins. "I feel pretty lousy...I hate the mistakes I made," he told the Supreme Court yesterday. "I find myself really going back to the mental state I was in.... when I was abused by O'Shea and Humphreys. I just want to hide...I don't want to face what's out there." XX said O'Shea befriended him through a children's computing class at a suburban recreation centre. "The abuse really started with him saying he knew sex between an adult and a child was wrong, but that he loved me and could not handle just being best friends," XX said. "He thought I was grown up enough that it would be OK." He said he and O'Shea engaged in sexual activity at the recreation centre, in O'Shea's flat and XX's own home. "I was to 'become a man'- that's something he told me,' XX said. "At the time I remember feeling superior to children my age because I had a secret, I did grown-up things... while most people were still playing kiss chasey." O'Shea- whose history as a pedophile dates back to the 1960's- was eventually acquitted of abusing XX by the Court Of Criminal Appeal. Between April, 1990, and July, 1991, O'Shea introduced the boy to Humphreys. XX said his relationship with the convicted child stealer was "different". "It was a lot more full-on... he talked very coarsely. The way he spoke and the way he acted was a lot more abrupt," he told the court. He talked about he would like to show me areas of Australia and how it was sad he could not take me away on holiday because my mum hated him. He was talking about running away and living together forever." In July, 1991, Humphreys kidnapped XX and took him to Kings Cross, where he was abused multiple times before police located them. Humphreys was later jailed for eight years. XX said media coverage of his return to Adelaide made returning to school impossible, because of the 'teasing' and academic problems. He now works in an $18-an-hour job. The trial, before Justice Tim Anderson is continuing. Adelaide Advertiser (3-2-2005) Sean Fewster |
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