US Politics | I’ve been abused for a decade because people think I’m a paedo who has the same name – I’m scared to do the school run
A DAD who has the same name as a paedophile has told how he has been abused for a decade as people mistake him for the child abuser. Terry Edwards has even considered suicide over the abuse he's received since the other man was jailed in 2011. SWNS:South West News ServiceInnocent dad Terry Edwards, 33, has told how people mistake him for a paedophile '/ ' SWNS:South West News ServiceHe is being confused for Terry Edwards, 33 \- a convicted paedophile '/ ' On Tuesday the abuse escalated when he received a voice note from people saying they were waiting for his kids outside their school. He has been told to ring 999 if there's an emergency \- but that has done little to calm his anxiety. He told Kent Online: ...I'm just worried it's going to be too late to call them.... ...I've been getting threatening messages from people, saying they've got my address, and they're coming for me, and I better watch my back because they're going to ram me off the road if they see me in the car. Read More on The Sun DOUBLE TROUBLE Urgent warning to anyone who's had Covid - getting it again 'is more deadly' ...I'm too scared to do the school runs now, where people are sat outside the school waiting for me, or are people looking at me and thinking, ...oh, that Terry Edwards is at the school'?" The real sex offender Terry Edwards has served his full sentence and has since changed his name by deed poll. You're Not Alone EVERY 90 minutes in the UK a life is lost to suicide. It doesn't discriminate, touching the lives of people in every corner of society \- from the homeless and unemployed to builders and doctors, reality stars and footballers. It's the biggest killer of people under the age of 35, more deadly than cancer and car crashes. And men are three times more likely to take their own life than women. Yet it's rarely spoken of, a taboo that threatens to continue its deadly rampage unless we all stop and take notice, now. That is why The Sun launched the You're Not Alone campaign. The aim is that by sharing practical advice, raising awareness and breaking down the barriers people face when talking about their mental health, we can all do our bit to help save lives. Let's all vow to ask for help when we need it, and listen out for others... You're Not Alone. If you, or anyone you know, needs help dealing with mental health problems, the following organisations provide support: CALM, www.thecalmzone.net, 0800 585 858 Heads Together, www.headstogether.org.uk Mind, www.mind.org.uk, 0300 123 3393 Papyrus, www.papyrus-uk.org, 0800 068 41 41 Samaritans, www.samaritans.org, 116 123 Movember, www.uk.movember.com Anxiety UK www.anxietyuk.org.uk, 03444 775 774 Monday-Friday 9.30am-10pm, Saturday/Sunday 10am-8pm The dad-of-five is also being tortured on social media \- with people setting up fake Facebook accounts using pictures of him and using them to send offensive messages. Terry said: ...I'm just scared for my kids now really. My little girl has just come out of hospital for open heart surgery, and she's disabled. I don't need all this. I'm just wary of taking her out and everything now. Most read in UK News FIND HIM NOW Schoolboy, 16, wanted by cops after 'true gentleman', 21, stabbed to death SEX CHANGE DEAL HSBC says it will pay for staff to have sex change treatments ROT IN HELL Evil husband strangled wife, 29, to death just 6 months after she gave birth TOT HORROR Boy, 3, dies after mystery 'incident' at home as cops launch probe HELL HOUSE I took in feral boy, 5, who ate glass & made a dark discovery in his teddy bear CHARLES EGGED Yob who hurled eggs at King Charles unmasked as Extinction Rebellion activist ...My partner says, ...you shouldn't have to be like that. I want to go out', but I'm just wary of going out.... Terry, soon to become a dad for the sixth time, says all he wants is for people to leave him alone. He added: ...It just upsets me. It's so emotional all the time.... ...I've suffered with depression, and I've even thought about taking my own life over it, but I shouldn't have to be like that. Read More on The Sun DOUBLE TROUBLE Urgent warning to anyone who's had Covid - getting it again 'is more deadly' ...I've had trouble sleeping at night. I get like two hours of sleep at night because I'm scared someone's going to come through the door at me. ...My depression has got really bad at the moment. I just feel like breaking down wherever I go. I feel like it's pulling my family apart....
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