A brave mum-of-two who was sexually abused by her uncle finally feels “free” after she helped jail him – more than 40 years on from his horrific crimes.

Jayne Emsley, now 56, was just 12 when Martin Glynn Whittle, now 72, forced himself upon her in a home after getting her drunk on cider at a working men’s club.

She then felt she had to keep the harrowing experience a “secret”, which "robbed" her of her childhood and "damaged" her relationship with her mum.

But Jayne, who has waived her right to anonymity, was moved to report the assault to police in May 2022 after reading about another high-profile abuse case.

Whittle was found guilty following a trial of indecent assault on a child aged under 14 years and sentenced to four and half years in jail on August 12.

And while Jayne felt “glad” that the retired miner had finally got his “comeuppance”, she said she would never get over what he had done to her.