The mother of a four-year-old girl r*ped by a teenage babysitter has revealed the pain that has haunted her since the horrific ordeal.
The woman said there are days when she 'can't stop crying' after discovering her daughter had been assaulted by the 14-year-old son of a family friend.
And the father is tormented by feelings of guilt for allowing the toddler to be left in the clutches of the disturbed babysitter.
Speaking publicly for the first time since the attacker walked free from court, the couple blasted the decision not to impose a custodial sentence - and feared their daughter could bump into her rapist any day.
Instead, the judge imposed a three-year community order after blaming ‘the world and society’ for his exposure to p*rn.
'Our daughter was just four years old and so small for her age, she was still wearing age two to three clothing. He was a lot bigger than her,' the distressed mother told the Sun.
She said that when her daughter - who cannot be identified for legal reasons - told her what had happened she 'was sick' then fell to the floor crying.
The teenager used the toddler's favourite Hello Kitty apron to blindfold her while he carried out the attack - promising her chocolate if she played his 'game'.
The mother said the first chilling sign that something 'terrible' had happened was when she returned home and noticed the apron wasn't hanging in its usual place, but was scrunched up on the floor.
Still numb from what happened, she added: 'There have been days where I just can’t stop bursting into tears and I feel sick all the time.
I can’t cope any more.'
Her daughter, who is now five, knows 'something horrible' happened but doesn't understand what.
The girl is likely to have counselling as she grows up to deal with the long-term effects of the ordeal, but both parents are 'worried' about what her future now holds.
The girl's father, a businessman in his 40s, told how they went to watch their older child in school play while leaving the younger daughter with the boy, who they trusted and had known a long time.
