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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lucy Leeson

Nikita Kanda: ‘I was just a child when my abuser locked me in a room’

As a child, Nikita Kanda was locked away in a room, isolated, alone and fearing for her life at the hands of a violent abuser.

Behind her positive and bubbly exterior, entertaining the nation on BBC Asian Network Breakfast Show, Kanda, 28, still suffers flashbacks from the violence she experienced.

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