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Fiona Goddard was just 14 when she was raped by over 50 men. Now, years after surviving horrific grooming and sexual abuse in Bradford, she and her five children have been forced to flee their home after threats and harassment intensified and her abusers became eligible for release. Fiona was taken into care as a teenager before being groomed and sexually assaulted by a gang of men. In February 2019, nine men were convicted at Bradford Crown Court of 22 offences against her and handed sentences totalling 132 years. But in late 2025 Fiona received news that left her devastated: several of the men would become eligible for release after serving just HALF of their sentences. Since then, she says the intimidation has become unbearable. Anonymous accounts have allegedly contacted her claiming to possess intimate images and accusing her of inventing the abuse. She says food has even been delivered to her home before anonymous messages appeared asking her how the meal was. A 33-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of harassment and released on bail while police continue their investigation. Fiona says the message could not have been clearer: they knew where she lived. She and her children fled. Four of the convicted men - Izar Hussain, Parvaze Ahmed, Kieran Harris and Naveed Akhtar - are scheduled for release by next summer after completing the required portions of their sentences. Fiona said: “They are being released halfway through their sentence, which is shocking to me.” She added: “This is only going to escalate more when they get out of prison. We can’t stay in Bradford knowing they have got people doing this to us.” In July, Fiona and her children were moved out while panic alarms were installed at their home. They tried going back. Within weeks, they were forced to leave AGAIN. Fiona became too frightened even to take her children to school. The family is now living in temporary Airbnb accommodation and has been told they must leave on October 1. This is the SEVENTH time Fiona and her family have moved in 12 years. She has been offered another property — just ten minutes from the home she fled. Hardly much reassurance for a mother who says she fears the people threatening her will simply find her again. Fiona says all she wants is somewhere quiet where her children can finally live without fear. And that is what makes this so sickening. A girl was groomed and subjected to appalling sexual abuse. Her attackers were convicted. Yet years later it is Fiona and her children who are still running, still moving home and still looking over their shoulders. Her words should haunt everyone responsible for protecting victims: “I feel like justice has been taken away from me.” She survived the abuse. She gave evidence. She saw her abusers convicted. The very least the system owes her now is the chance to live safely with her children. Instead, she says she has been driven out of Bradford and fears she may never be able to return. What kind of justice leaves the victim living in fear while the men convicted of abusing her prepare to walk free?