Woman wins compo

A WOMAN who was left in the foster care of a convicted paedophile has been awarded £35,000 compensation – 57 YEARS later.

Jackie Davies was just eight when she was placed into the care of perverted Stanley Fairbairn. Six months later the abuse began, on an almost daily basis.

The ordeal haunted her for decades and she ended up on medication and feeling suicidal.

Jackie, one of seven siblings who all ended up in foster care, was taken in by Fairbairn and his wife in 1960.

A year later he was convicted of abusing two girls aged 12 – but Jackie was left in his care for a further two-anda-half years before being moved.

Now she has been awarded damages after suing council chiefs over the terrifying blunder.

Jackie, 67, told the Sunday People: “My life was ruined by this man.

“The council should have known he was a convicted child abuser and should never have had me living with him after he was convicted. It is a scandal.”

Council bosses finally admitted the terrifying mistake and offered compensation after Jackie obtained her records and fought a two-year legal battle.

Her case is believed to be one of the most historic on record to lead to a successful damages claim.

The payout was offered even though Fairbairn – now dead – was not convicted of abuse against Jackie.

Yet Jackie recalls with chilling detail how Fairbairn stole her innocence – taking her on fishing trips so he could get close to her.

Every time he came home from work she knew he was going to pounce.

Jackie has waived her anonymity to talk about her ordeal at the terraced home of with Fairbairn and his wife in Chepstow, Monmouthshire.

She said: “It started with him putting my hands down his trousers.

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