Lottie endured months of rape and abuse as a teenager from her first ever boyfriend before …

When she was 14, Lottie Mears got her first ever boyfriend. Like many teenagers, she was happy and excited, sharing her days with Riley Kirk in Grangemouth, central Scotland. The pair had met on Snapchat and bonded over their love of basketball. Snapchat messages escalated to phone calls and soon the pair were meeting up in person and calling themselves a couple.  Then one day,  Lottie invited Kirk to her house for the first time and everything changed. Kirk, then 14, cornered her in her garage, and forced himself on her and raped her. Afterwards he told her she was ‘just annoyed because she had sex she didn’t like’. Blaming herself, Lottie was left confused, but after a series of attacks,  they split.  The following year, Kirk called Lottie, claiming to want to apologise for the abuse. Yet, when they met, he grabbed her breasts, groped her intimately and forcefully kissed her. This month, Kirk, now 20,  was jailed for eight years with an extended period of three years, for multiple counts of rape and sexual assault against four women including Lottie. Now, Lottie is bravely waiving her anonymity to encourage other survivors to come forward. Recounting the first attack, Lottie, now
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