Mother who stole £13,000 compensation awarded to her daughter after she was raped by her stepdad: Pictures

  

(Ms Jones aged 12)

Chantelle Jones, Who is now 21, became Britain's youngest mother at age of 12. You see As a young girl she became pregnant after her mother's partner raped her. She was awarded £22,000 compensation following the horrific attack
Given her young age, this money was paid to her mother in a trust account But Ms Jones only received a total of £9,000 of the victim support money.She says her mother, Beverley Bale, blew £10,000 on wedding to new lover

 (Beverley Bale)

Ms Jones, was Told by her mother Beverley Bale she would receive £15,000 in compensation when she turned 21, she was shocked to be handed only £2,000 - and claims her mother spent £10,000 of it on a wedding.

As Ms Jones was under 18 when the compensation money was awarded, it was paid to her mother to look after on her behalf. By law she would have access to the cash when she was 21. Well if you ask me, Given the circumstances they would have given her the money when she had the baby. Because she was forced to grow up. Becoming a mom at age 12. She became an adult the moment she had the baby. Anyways, 

('Ms Jones')

But Ms Jones told the Sunday People her 45-year-old mother gave her £7,000 on her 18th birthday, but told her the remainder of the £22,000 could not be handed over until her 21st birthday.

When that date arrived, she received just £2,000. 

The claim is all the more shocking given it was Mrs Bale's then-lover, Russel Tovey, who raped Ms Jones.

Initially mistaking the pregnancy for weight gain, it was only two weeks before she gave birth that doctors discovered the baby growing inside her.

Because  she wasTerrified of Tovey, she initially told police she was raped by two strangers. But after continued questioning, she named him as her attacker.

Ms Jones told the paper:

 'She's betrayed me for the last time. Not only have I lost my childhood, I've lost my baby and now I've lost my compensation for being raped.

'She's ruined my life and I don't want anything to do with her.'

Mrs Bale declined to comment when approached by the paper.

However, last month Bale appeared at Gloucester Crown Court after pleading guilty to stealing £13,000 in compensation from her daughter.

The court heard how she pleaded guilty to theft and was jailed for 16 months, suspended for two years. She was also ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work.

At the time of her sentencing, Bale could not be named as it would identify Ms Jones, who, as the victim of a sex crime, has an automatic right to anonymity. However, she has waived that right in order to tell her story.

Joe Maloney, defending, said that Bale was ‘very embarrassed’ by what she had done. He added that her financial situation had become ‘increasingly parlous’ and said she had used the money to support the family.

Russel Tovey, aged 31 at the time of his crime, admitted raping Ms Jones twice between May and July in 2005 and was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2006.

During sentencing, his attacks were described as 'undiluted wickedness' by a judge.

Judge Jamie Tabor, QC, said: 'You have taken away not just her adolescence but what remains of her childhood. The consequences are catastrophic and this will affect her for the rest of her life. You have quite clearly lost your moral compass,' according to The Telegraph.

Source: UK DailyMail