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Antonette Acupinpin was 7 when the sexual abuse started.
She had already endured years of beating and physical violence from her mother and stepfather, she said but then he took it a step further.
He would put a long knife near her face during the abuse, and threaten to kill her mother and brother if she reported him, she said. Terrified and ashamed, she didn t tell anyone for a year and a half until a school teacher saw her with a black eye and notified the police.