As you will all be aware by now we lost our appeal and we are back into the Court of Protection
which is going to be very stressful for both Hollie and myself.
Whilst set back in this latest legal skirmish we have not lost the battle and with everyone’s help and
support this battle will be won not just for Hollie but all vulnerable adults and children.
We were concerned that even though Hollie is a 32-year-old woman she was listed in the court as a
child.! YES you read that right, Hollie's case was listed in the court as a child.
How's that for Human Rights when they cant even differentiate a child from an adult. It so insulted
Hollie that the court clerk read that out in front of the whole court. She felt that the court system
was attempting to degrade her.
What many do not realize is that those with Down syndrome know they have downs syndrome.
Hollie doesn’t like being different from you and me. When she was about twelve we went through
the questions of "why was I born with downs syndrome?" I am afraid all I could tell her was that
God chose her because she was special. She still is special and exceptionally brave. I am proud of
my daughter for having the courage and the strength she does.
Hollie was terrorised in the courtroom yesterday as one of her abusers sat immediately behind her,
we can only assume to intimidate her, she is made to jump through hoops by the council, and all she sees is that her champion Robert Green has been put in jail when it should be her abusers, and this breaks her heart.
Having to watch and live with what Shropshire Council are doing to her breaks my heart. All Hollie
wanted was for the people who hurt her to be punished for all the horrible things they put her
through as a little girl.