From protector to predator

Rachel Dickson, 35, Cardiff

Sitting on the sofa next to my big brother Gareth, I was mesmerised watching him play video games.

‘Want a go?’ he asked, handing me the controller.

I was the youngest of five, and Gareth was my hero.

If anyone gave me trouble, he was there, protecting me.

Only, one day in 1993, when I was 7 and Gareth was 9, Mum popped to the shops.

I was snuggling under a quilt on the sofa, watching TV, when Gareth walked in and sat beside me.

I felt his hand under the quilt brush my