Betrayed

Hampered by a hearing impairment at eight years of age the author was left to fend for himself in an education system that did not recognise his disability. A catalogue of hurdles followed: chastised by his father and abandoned by his family; betrayed by his wife her family friends and anyone else who could be persuaded to embark an a brutal and sustained campaign of bullying character assassination theft vandalism and deception; deceived by the legal profession cheated by the social services and mugged by the financial institutions and the government. </p><p>Sleepless nights and anxiety over his well-being became a way of life. Always refusing to surrender he absorbed the constant onslaught throughout his life and survived in reasonable health and fitness.</p>