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Police arrived to arrest her father for sexual abuse. But he was making it all up

By Harriet Grant · The Guardian · June 2026
Police arrived to arrest her father for sexual abuse. But he was making it all up
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"Mark described abusing his daughter in a chatroom. Then it turned out nothing he had posted was true – and he walked free. With ‘fantasy abuse’ on the rise, can Emily and her mother win their fight to make it illegal?"

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