Alcoholism, abuse, and loneliness cast a constant shadow over Monica Allan’s early childhood. When she was just five years old her mother tried to kill her.
Elizabeth Mount, who also tried to kill Monica when she was a baby, was jailed and Monica, 55, was placed into foster care where she would go on to experience physical and sexual abuse at the hands of those who should have protected her.
The mum of two, 55, from East Kilbride, was told she could not seek compensation because of the “same roof” rule, meaning victims who lived with their attackers up to 1979 were ineligible for pay-outs.
