I could hardly bear to read the paper this morning, so appalling was the news, and it would be oh-so-easy to hide it from you, but a pledge is a pledge.

I said, back in January, that I would do my bit, inadequate as it is, by publicising the seemingly non-stop flow of horror stories.

But it makes for sickening, distressing, depressing reading.

Especially the second story.

But it is the very least I can do, and I urge you all to read and forward these stories to as many people as possible, in the hope of…what exactly I hardly know…but on the basis that the more people who know and are shocked, perhaps something will happen. Like speedy and drastic punishment for every single one of these bastards.

No rape is “worse” than another.

Every rape is beyond horrific.

But the thought of a 3 year old toddler being gang-raped is repulsive beyond description. It is a level of depravity that is truly frightening.