Watch: ‘I cannot move on until my carer faces rape charges’
A woman who was allegedly raped by a carer in her home three months ago says she cannot move on with her life as court proceedings have not yet kicked off.
Emma Attard, 23, claims she was raped three weeks after being discharged from Mount Carmel Hospital by a man who was caring for her there. The man has been suspended from working at the hospital pending investigations.
Attard, who suffers from borderline personality disorder, was first admitted to Mount Carmel after going through a rough patch. That is where she met the alleged abuser.
“At the time I didn’t see any red flags, but everyone is wiser after the fact. He was the first person I opened up to at the hospital. I told him about my past, my sufferings.”
She says he added her on social media and when she refused to divulge her address, he guilt-tripped her into feeling she was refusing help and that his job was to help people.
Attard explained that she had had follow-up visits from health care professionals, but this was the first time a carer dropped by on their own initiative to treat wounds on her leg.
She recalls being put to bed and waking up to him raping her. The sexual assault left her shocked because she knew...