Mum wins court appeal to stop daughter having to stay overnight with rapist dad

A mother successfully appealed to the High Court against a previous decision allowing her child to stay overnight with her father, who had raped and abused her. The court, led by Mr. Justice Peel, found that the father’s history of coercive and violent behavior posed potential risks to the child, referred to as Amy. The judge reduced the father’s contact to alternate Tuesdays after school and Saturdays, emphasizing that the gravity of the allegations warranted a reconsideration of overnight contact, which was deemed unsafe.

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