Classic Episodes

Mandy's Story - Continuous Story Main Events May - November 1998

Mandy's story was the depiction of the taboo subject, child abuse suffered by Mandy at the hands of her father, Dennis. Dennis was an alcoholic who abused Mandy both physically and mentally. The story was a continuous one but reached a climax when Mandy ran away to London after her father had raped her after catching her with her boyfriend, Sol. In London Mandy worked in a strip club while back home in Chester her family were desperately trying to find her. On hearing that Mandy had withdrawn money from a cash machine in London, Dennis and Lewis went to find her and heard that she was working in a strip club. Dennis went to the club and saw Mandy who then ran away. After this Mandy tried to commit suicide but failed and ended up in hospital. When Lewis found out where Mandy was he rushed to her bedside and Mandy broke down and finally confessed to what her father had been doing to her for the majority of her life. Lewis was devastated and promised he would never let Dennis hurt her again. When Mandy returned home to Chester the portrayal of her struggle to report her father was shown. Despite Dennis' denials of having done nothing wrong and his various attempts to get Mandy to drop the charges the case went to court. Dennis was found guilty and sentenced to seven years imprisonment. It took Mandy along time to come to terms with what her father did to her and although she still has to live with it her nightmare had a happy ending when her father was imprisoned and she could get on with her life!

Memorability Rating: ***** five stars out of five

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