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An evil foster mother who subjected a teenage girl under her care to a sordid campaign of sexual abuse along with the victim's uncle has been jailed for seven years.

Julie Townson, 62, from Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, started abusing Danielle Upton when she was just 15 after she was assigned to care for her under a private fostering arrangement. 

Danielle, who has waived her right to anonymity, told how one night when she was 17, Townson asked her: 'Why do you not get into bed with me and Phil?' 

The victim's uncle, her mother's brother, Phillip Gregory then molested her. 

As Danielle lay sickened and terrified, she claims Gregory boasted to Townson: 'We should do this every weekend.'

Townson, who had previous convictions for battery and benefit fraud, was found guilty of seven charges of sexual activity with a child after a trial. Gregory, now 66, pleaded guilty to two offences of sex offences with a child and has been jailed for 40 months.

In a statement to police Danielle, who is now 30, said: 'I was subjected to sexual abuse whilst living in an environment I thought was a safe place in the care of a family friend. 

'I only came to realise the severity of it when I was older and left their care and I am far better now for having had a chance to speak about it with the therapist and police. 

'Having been diagnosed with PTSD I still suffer daily with my mental health which I believe is a result of sexual abuse brought about through Julie's manipulative and controlling behaviour.'

Danielle said she struggles to develop relationships with people and also self harmed as a 'coping mechanism'.

She added: 'I was made to feel like this because of Julie Townson. I feel vulnerable and intimidated, more in relation to Julie Townson. I feel that as the investigation comes to a close that she will make trouble for me.

'It has been a case where I have been unable to manage my anxiety. My main concern is either bumping into Julie or Phil. I am scared of repercussions. I suffer from bad night terrors related to the crimes. I suffer from stress and headaches and have struggled to eat. I have suffered from sickness and stomach issues which has affected me every day.'

At Chester Crown Court, Townson who denied wrongdoing fainted in the dock as she was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life. 

As Townson was sent down, her victim Danielle Upton declared: 'Guilty b****, can't wait to see you cry you paedophile.' 

When sentence was passed Townson's husband of 30 years Ged, a retired trucker aged 82, said: 'It's a travesty' and shouted at the court: 'I hope you die a slow lingering death painfully,' before storming out with the aid of his walking stick.

Afterwards Danielle took to social media to tell friends of her ordeal, adding: 'These incidents with Julie are only a handful of the horrific things she's inflicted on me and my family over the years my sister and I lived there.

'She stole what was supposed to be the best years of my life from me, I never got a chance to grow and develop as a person, opportunities were taken away from me, heck she even had control over my bank card and the little amount of money I was receiving! and that's only the half of it.