I Was Sexually Assaulted By A Stranger When I Was 7 *Re-Issue*
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
After her rape went unsolved for more than 25 years, Elysha contacted police to have her case reopened. She courageously tells us about what life has been like since her attack when she was 7-years-old, what happened when her case was reopened and why she contacted us to tell her story.
This episode was originally aired in 2018. Elysha joins us again on next Monday's episode.
PLEASE NOTE: Listener discretion is advised as this episode details child sexual assault and trauma.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains accounts of child sexual assault. |
| 0:05.0 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:11.2 | This is Australian True Crime with Michelle Lorry. |
| 0:14.6 | Back in 2018, we recorded an episode of the podcast with Alicia. |
| 0:19.4 | When Alicia was seven years old, she was abducted by a stranger |
| 0:22.7 | on her way home from school and sexually assaulted. She told her mother immediately, |
| 0:28.4 | and police began investigating, but the case went cold and stayed that way for 26 years. |
| 0:35.1 | In 2014, Alicia contacted police to ask for a review of her case, and as a result, |
| 0:40.9 | her offender was caught and convicted. In the next episode of Australian True Crime, |
| 0:46.2 | released on Monday, Alicia joins us again to give us an update, but today we're replaying |
| 0:51.6 | that first conversation to refresh your memory. |
| 0:56.3 | This is Australian True Crime. |
| 1:00.7 | We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is created, |
| 1:04.3 | the Waurundri Woi Wurang people of the Koolan Nation. |
| 1:11.4 | I'm quite okay, if that makes sense. Like, I feel like I'm quite normal, if there is such a thing. I'm quite okay if that makes sense. |
| 1:14.7 | Like I feel like I'm quite normal if there is such a thing. |
| 1:16.9 | But yeah, I just want to do something more. |
| 1:22.6 | And the reason that I contacted the police and had my case revisited was I was sitting around at a friend's house speaking to one of her friends who were having a few drinks. |
| 1:26.1 | And she was going through something similar. She had been attacked when she was about 15 and she was going through the court |
| 1:32.1 | process, you know, later in life or later, you know, after the fact to have it open. I thought, |
| 1:38.3 | well, hang on, if she can do it, why can't I? Why can't I contact the police and ask for my case to be revisited? So I guess, |
| 1:47.6 | yeah, it gives the courage to somebody else. And I'm not saying that everyone's going to have |
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