Alloma Gilbert
On GMTV this morning was Alloma Gilbert who was one of the children that was subject to years of abuse by a woman who was supposed to be providing them with love and care as their foster mother.
Eunice Spry abused children for nearly 20 years and last year received a 14 year sentence.
The story is just disgusting of what this woman was allowed to get away with for all those years and just cannot understand how anyone could do anything like that to a child.
Alloma Gilbert seems to have come through it and is now a mum herself. How she stayed so calm on TV this morning was amazing. She has also written a book called "Deliver me from Evil". Its one of those books that going to be awful to read but you want to read it because you need to read it to beleive it.
Good luck with the book and hope you will be able to get on with your life now.
posted by The Diamond Chicks @ 9:21 AM
20 Comments:
i have read the book and i feel this woman is so brave for letting everyone in on her life which has been so private for such a long time.
you tell someone they are bad for long enough and start to believe it!!
i would like to wish you, your daughter and your male friend all the luck in the world for the future and good luck on your veterinary nurse course.
show that evil woman what you are made of!!!!
I have just finished reading this book and I have absolute admiration for this lady. I wish her and her family all the very best, and I certainly hope that Eunice Spry gets a very hard time behind bars and she should certainly be made to serve her full sentence, although in my opinion, this certainly was not long enough. I hope that the other people concerned manage to move on and have a happy life now Enice Spry is behind bars. Good luck to all that were involved.
i cant believe what alloma went through and is definately a strong woman to come out of the other side i just cant help thinking what else went on and especially to the other children who where locked in those rooms and starved close to death. It also goes to show the care system is like in britain and also what support young people get when they leave home that abuse could could have been stoped and it wasnt!
I am in the middle of reading this book and as a mother myself I feel utterley disgusted that this woman was allowed to look after children. Why wasnt there any spot checks? Social services really are a disgrace. I hope eunrice dies in prison, The evil, Vile, Horrible woman!!
I have read your book and "like a child called it" it was disgusting what happened to you. You are so brave for what you suffered and survived it all. I wish you all the best in the future and hope that nasty bitch gets what she deserves in prison and hopefully rots in hell.
Hi, I have just finished this book and I cried at many points throughout it. I am in awe of this spectactular woman who has managed to turn hr life around after such a horrific childhood brought on by this dispicable woman. I usually do not agree with any kind of violence but I truly believe that hurting this woman would make her understand what she has put these children through for so many years. Good luck with your life and being a mother Alloma, you so deserve it. Debbie, Lockleaze.
I bought the book on Monday and was so gripped by it i had finished it by Tuesday, i was bought to tears throughout the story and could not believe what i was reading. Im 23 and make a living as a nursery nurse, despite the fact the small children in my care are not my own i treat them with kindness and love as if they were me own. I honestly could not imagine wanting to hurt any child the way this evil woman hurt these small children in her care. In my opinion she should be left to rot in prison for the rest of her life, she deserves nothing more. My heart, love and respect goes out to Alloma Gilbert who was strong enough to get through it all. K.
I have just finished Alloma Gilberts book too. i think prison is to good for Eunice Spry because i know they will never let her starve or live in the bad living conditions that she created for her prisoners.No! im sorry prison doesnt fit her crime.As for Alloma she is an insparation to anyone who at some point has suffered in one way or another,and i hope Sy continues to make her happy.
When i bought the book yesterday i just couldn't put it down. Alloma and the other children in her care were exremly brave to stand up to her the way they did, i wish everyone of them good luck in their lives and hope only good comes to them to make up for their lost childhood. And remember its called past for a reason, don't let such a wicked women destroy your future like she destroyed your past.
Clair, 20
I purchased the book Friday afternoon and have finished today 11 a.m. Sunday morning. It is unbelievable that someone can get away with such cruelty for so long. Why is it that I have read so many books regarding cruelty to children and the perpetrator to the outside world appears to have a strong faith?
Well done Alloma for getting through this and out the other side and making a wonderful new life yourself with your baby, partner and menagerie. Good luck and well done.
I have just finished "Deliver me from evil" book and i feel so guilty of what Alloma has been through for so many years. All i can say is good luck Alooma because you and your daughter deserve it!.
Alloma, I have just finished reading your book. I understand through my own childhood experiences (although nowhere near as bad as yours)why children do not tell. I felt physically sick on several occassions reading your book. I wish you much health, wealth and happiness for the rest of your life and I hope that old bitch gets the beatings of her life in prison.
Thanks everyone for their comments. I have just finished reading the book. What a tough life Alloma has had. Its strange how badness just followed her. It went from bad to worse to terrible, horrific and pure evil.
I cannot beleive that the woman that caused so many children so much pain only got 17 years. The system is crazy.
Alloma has such strength and I hope that the future brings some good things and hopefully lessons would have been learned from this book.
Good luck with your future and family
I have just read the book in an evening I am bewilldered that that can happen in our modern society. Alloma is an inspiration to many. I was shocked to read how recent this was and how easy children in foster care can fall into the wrong hands and be treated so badly by the very people who are meant to be supporting and caring for them in a loving enviroment. It was difficult to read and I found myself crying at many points. I saw a picture of Alloma earlier and she is a beautiful strong woman who has come so far.Her little girl is lucky to have such a mother as Alloma truely understands what a mothers love is now and I hope she keeps her head held high. I wish her Little girl the all the best of what life has to offer and the others who survived are living life to the full and happy. That evil woman deservs little more than a mention. She will never be forgiven. Alloma you go girl and and never look back.. x
I have just finished reading the book and can not believe what she and the other two were put through. I cried throughout the book. I am a mother of 6 and can not ever imagine doing what Alloma had done to her. I am upset that people did not notice and things were not followed through when reports were filed.
I am so sorry what you went though. It is good to hear that you are getting to know your real family again. I hope things only get better from now on for you. Best of luck for you and your daughter always.
my friend gave me the book to read she only got half way through it she couldnt read no more i did i still can not believe what this women put you all through and from the bottom of my heart i hope god gives you everything you need in this life and i wish you the very best in everything you do
Hi i have read your book, and i dont think anyone can relate what you have been through, it puts everything into perspective. I think you are an incredibly brave women, and the things you have been through is just horific and incredibly upsetting. I only realised it was a true story once i had finished the book, and i think you should be so proud of yourself for standing up against that woman. I hope the rest of your life with your daughter and partner is so fantastic it wipes away all the horific memories and fills them with good ones. Thank You for opening my eyes to what people can and have been through!
I have just finished reading this book too - in case anyone is interested there is also a book written by Alloma's brother who also suffered at the hands of Eunice Spry called "Child C" by Christopher Spry. Having read both of them I was really struck by the similarities in their psychological attitudes towards life and other people and there abilities to separate off from the pain, abuse and hatred inflicted by their foster 'mother'.
Alloma's courage is a real inspiration
I have just finished your book this morning. I am absolutely astounded that local authorities even neighbors failed to spot obvious signs of abuse to you and your foster siblings. I have many times heard about abuse including domestic violence being perpetrated on innocent victims while our fellow human beings turned a blind eye. I myself was a victim of years of verbal, mental and occasionally physical abuse and I began to self harm. The answer from supposed medical experts was to prescribe sleeping tablets or to tell me my cuts were 'superficial'. I am now in my third year of my criminal justice degree and I pray with all my heart that I will be able to help people like yourself by recognizing those signs of abuse early. It scares me to the core that this types of abuse is still happening today. A small child somewhere, as I write this, is suffering right now. Their story will be found out many years in the future. Hopefully not before it is too late. I commend you, applaud you and have the greatest respect for you. Keep going. your winning.
i read this book and couldnt put it down as i needed to get to the end and make sure this poor child come through at the other end!!i look at my children and wonder how anyone can do such evil to a defensless child.my 12 yr old daughter is now reading the book and is so far mortified at what alloma went through and like myself admires the fact that she has proved to eunice and more importantly herself what a strong wonderful human being she is!!i admire you alloma and you truley are an inspiration to others who need to know there is light at the end of the tunnel.all the best in everything you and your fdamily do in the future.xx
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