bestieverhad t1_j13lcsj wrote
Reply to comment by WellyKiwi in TIL that The Specials singer Terry Hall was abducted by a paedophile ring in France when he was 12 years old by Disastrous-Spirit543
any more information on what actually happened? did he escape or let go? was he abused or escaped that too? scary stuff not sure i even want to know more. just seems pretty brief mention in the article and on wikipedia.
[deleted] t1_j1l8yy4 wrote
Terry describes some of it in detail in the Fun Boy Three song Well Fancy That.
From what I gather from the song and interviews his teacher told him he was going on a school trip when Terry turned up at the meeting point for the bus expecting to see school friends waiting, it was just the teacher and his car. He drove him to France via ferry, to a hotel, raped him as he slept, then next day handed him over to a ring of paedophiles. How many times he was raped over those 4 days and by how many different men doesn't bear thinking about. They kept him locked in a wardrobe apparently. He was then driven back to the UK, punched in the face and dumped at the side of a road like a bag of trash. He was 12 years old.
from Mojo Magazine interview "That was the whole thing about being abused as a kid. That abuse was horrendous, man, it was like, taken away and abducted and locked in fucking wardrobes, and being horribly abused. But I want to share it with people. That’s the only good thing that can come out of it, if you can talk to people and someone thinks, “Fuckin’ ’ell, it’s not just me, maybe I can deal with it.” That’s what you should do, right? Because you might do some good. You might do some good."
Well Fancy That lyrics
You took me to France On the promise of teaching me French
We were told to assemble To meet up at 10
I was 12 and naive You planned out our route I sat in your car My suitcase in the boot
On the M1 and the A1 Until we reached Dover Through passport control You pulled your car over
On the liner, we stood on the deck
We left port My first time abroad A school trip to France
Well fancy that
A weekend away To parle Français
Well fancy that
We found the hotel
Checked in to a room and unpacked
It had been a long day You said "let's hit the sack"
As I changed I could feel your eyes watching me
I crept into bed You pretended to read
The lights went out I fell asleep
Woke up with a shock And your hands on me
I couldn't shout I couldn't scream
Let me out Let me dream
I turned onto my side I laid there and cried
On my first night in France Well fancy that
You terrified me I just wanted to sleep
Well fancy that
Morning came Light shone through
I left France
I arrived home
The hedge that you dragged me through Led to a nervous breakdown
If I could have read What was going on inside your head
I would have said But I was blind To your devious mind
There's no excuse For child abuse
And the scars that it leaves Where do you draw the line
On school trips to France
Well fancy that
You had a good time
Turned sex into crime
Well fancy that
bestieverhad t1_j1uyddg wrote
Horrendous, what a brave person to speak so openly about that experience
a3poify t1_j1iupla wrote
He was abused and then dumped on the side of a road, if I recall correctly.
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