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‘Today I choose to begin my path to healing’: Rape survivor’s power message to attacker
An Adelaide rape survivor has bravely confronted the man who attacked her in a spa at a city aquatic centre, telling the predator she has forgiven him because she has “no room in her heart for hate”.
Key points:
- Megan Bales told her attacker she has forgiven him during a pre-sentencing hearing
- She was sexually assaulted while she slept in a spa at the North Adelaide Aquatic Centre in 2018
- Her attacker was found guilty at trial of rape and indecent assault
Megan Bales, who has given the ABC permission to publish her name, read a powerful victim impact statement during a sentencing submissions hearing in the District Court on Thursday.
The 30-year-old locked eyes with Hayas Kardo — the man who attacked her as she slept in a spa at…
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