Tragic Amber Gibson’s life of misery: Girl, 16, who was sexually assaulted and murdered by her own brother had also been raped by another man weeks before – and spent years in care after escaping home where her father viciously attacked her mother
- Amber and Connor Gibson were removed from an abusive home at ages 3 and 5
- By the time she was killed, Amber had spent most of her life in the care system
DAILY MAIL
When Amber Gibson and her older brother Connor were removed from their abusive family household at the ages of three and five, the little boy had declared they were finally safe.
No more would they witness their father beating their mother black and blue, dragging her by the hair, putting his hands around her throat. But Amber’s safety was tragically short-lived – and her own brother proved to be the biggest threat to it.
Yesterday, as a jury found him guilty of murdering and sexually assaulting her, it emerged his natural father was jailed for ten years only months ago for a litany of violent sexual crimes.
Now the child who witnessed his merciless attacks is behind bars too, awaiting a life sentence. By the time she was murdered, his blameless sister had spent almost all her life in the care system and had already been a victim of rape.
Now, in a sickening attack, her own brother had torn at her clothes with intent to rape her before going on to strangle her. And, in a revolting postscript to her bleak demise, even the first person to find her dead harboured twisted motives.
