CraigSimpson published Grandad 'driven to brink of suicide by beatings and sexual abuse'...

A former resident of a children's home where sexual abuse and violence are alleged to have taken place says that he was driven to the brink of suicide because there was "no way out" of his horrific memories.Martin Steward says he was moments away from taking his own life because "the demons were still there" five decades after he claims to have suffered relentless beatings and sexual abuse at Beechholme children's home.The home, which stood in Fir Tree Road, Banstead, is now...

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