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haunt her. Hussain coerced her into committing crimes, including assault and possessing an offensive weapon, which remain on her record. She has to relive her trauma every time she applies for a job and wants a “Sammy’s Law” to pardon the crimes of grooming victims. She says: “The fear of prosecution could be preventing other victims from coming forward.”

She knows how hard that can be and says: “A lot of people think I have been like this all my life, able to help others and work with the authorities.

“But five years ago, I couldn’t sit in a room with a group of police officers, no way. I was angry and quite violent. And then I realised that by being constantly angry, the only person I was hurting was myself. It’s like me drinking poison and expecting everyone else to drop dead from it.”

Since the Never Too Late To Tell campaign began in December 2016, model Penny Lancaster and Karen Danczuk have opened up on Loose Women about the abuse they endured.

Today, Sammy, Maggie and Saira will encourage other victims to speak out.

More than one in 10 women have experienced childhood sexual abuse and 75% have never told anyone about it.

Maggie says: “The most important thing is for parents and teachers and the community to keep lines of communication open so there is somewhere to turn when things become dangerous.”

Loose Women, ITV, today at 12.30pm.