“He needs to be accountable”: Mother raped by son wins fight to make his name public

A woman tracked down and raped by the son she adopted
out as a child has successfully fought to have him named
in public as a deterrent to him taking revenge on her.
Erin Wills, 44, has taken the unusual step of forgoing her
name suppression as a victim of a sex crime so that her
biological son, Adam Charles Pollard, can be named.
Pollard was convicted after he tracked down Wills on
Mother's Day 2010 and entered into an abusive sexual
relationship with her which ended with him being
convicted last year of incest and rape.
"I have released my name because I don't own Adam's
crimes so why should I carry the same that belongs to him
any longer," Wills told the Sunday Star-Times.
Wills said she hoped having Pollard's name made public
would help stop him offending again.
"He needs to be accountable and I hope it will be a
deterrent from future revenge on me. Physically I have
healed, but the fear of him and the memories of his abuse
remain."
Pollard's lawyers fought his name being released, and took
an appeal to the High Court after they were unsuccessful
in the District Court.
They argued that identifying him would be distressing for
his adopted family and they emphasised the unique
circumstances of a son offending against his mother.
The District Court judge ruled these factors did not justify
suppression and the High Court confirmed the ruling.
Wills earlier told the Star-Times her son used guilt over
the adoption to move in with her.
He hit her within three weeks of moving in and the first
sexual assaults occurred soon after.
She said he had videotaped the assault and threatened to
release the recording.
But the assaults continued and the relationship ended only
when Wills went to work one day and "my face was so
black and blue from the hiding I had received from Adam
that a colleague rang the police and the police came and
got me from my workplace".
The son was arrested that day and charged with assaults,
rape and incest. The jury found Pollard guilty of one
representative count of rape and several counts of incest.
The trial was traumatic and Wills frequently broke down
in the witness box, but she said: "I am a survivor and do
encourage other victims to put their trust in the police and
our justice system as I did."

Via: Daily Mail