Shortcut: I Was Sexually Assaulted By A Stranger When I Was 7 *Re-Issue*
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.
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. |
| 1:14.6 | I was seven years old and I was walking home from school. We lived quite close to the school, |
| 1:19.1 | but I had to walk, I had to cross quite a few main roads and we also lived next to a hospital or opposite a hospital. So I used to cut through the car park of the hospital to get to this |
| 1:24.0 | corner. Then I'd walk up and to cross the main road, there was three crossing |
| 1:27.9 | ladies. So I'd cross with the three crossing ladies, pass a milk bar and then walk down |
| 1:32.3 | another street to get to school. So it was a bit of a walk. What year was this, sorry? |
| 1:36.2 | 1989. Okay. So walking, I was walking home from school this day. And as I came up to the milk bar, |
| 1:42.6 | there was two guys standing near a tree and |
| 1:44.8 | I vividly remember one was leaning up against the tree and the other one sort of had his arm up |
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