{"id":87737,"date":"2023-11-16T00:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T00:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=87737"},"modified":"2023-11-16T00:52:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T00:52:02","slug":"mother-devastated-as-driving-instructor-is-freed-from-prison-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/lifestyle\/mother-devastated-as-driving-instructor-is-freed-from-prison-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother devastated as driving instructor is freed from prison early"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>My driving instructor sexually assaulted me for six months &#8211; he destroyed my teenage years and now walked free after only serving half of his prison sentence<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chenine Woods, 37, was subjected to sickening assaults over six months\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Read More: Inside &#8216;atrocious&#8217; killing of Jason Corbett: How former beauty queen and FBI agent father bludgeoned Irish father-of-two to death<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A mother-of-two has been left devastated after learning the driving instructor who sexually assaulted her as a teenager is walking free after only serving half of his prison sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Chenine Woods, 37, from Winsford, Cheshire, was subjected to a series of horrifying attacks at the hands of her driving instructor Frank Barham in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the Sergeant Major, 73, was branded a &#8216;predator&#8217; by a judge and sentenced to eight years after several female students bravely came forward about his conduct.<\/p>\n<p>However, the single mother, who now works in hospitality, has learned that her abuser will now be living a short drive away from her home.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing the impact Barham has had on her, Chenine explained: &#8216;The abuse destroyed my teenage years and I still live with it now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/09\/77729803-12742563-image-a-6_1699866850999.jpg\" height=\"1538\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: Chenine aged 17, around the time the abuse began. The mother-of-two says she still feels the effects of Barham&#8217;s actions<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When I heard he was being released, my stomach churned, and the memory of what he did to me came flooding back. I\u2019m in tears, knowing he is out there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I still feel threatened by him, as though I am still that defenceless teenager. I have flashbacks and moments of panic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I heard the government plans to keep criminals in prison for longer, but I just don\u2019t think they go far enough. A four-year sentence is nothing for what he took away from me, and from the other victims too.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>After being taken away from her biological parents, Chenine was adopted in 1991 at the age of five.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2003, her adoptive parents bought her driving lessons for her 17th birthday &#8211; and Frank Barham had been recommended by her mother&#8217;s friend.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back on her first ever lesson, Chenine explained: &#8216;He asked me what piercings I had, and he put his hand up my top to check my stomach piercing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was absolutely shocked, but I said nothing because he was an adult, in his mid 50\u2019s, and I didn\u2019t want to get into trouble.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the session, Barham asked Chenine what kind of music she liked and then arrived at her next lesson with some CDs he&#8217;d made.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/09\/77729805-12742563-image-a-7_1699866885115.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: Frank Barham&#8217;s mugshot. The 73-year-old walked free after only serving half of his sentence this monthChenine (pictured) said: &#8216;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/09\/77729615-12742563-Chenine_pictured_said_I_m_devastated_he_has_been_released_back_t-m-11_1699867049216.jpg\" height=\"993\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chenine (pictured) said: &#8216;I\u2019m devastated he has been released, back to his old life. He lives around a half hour car drive from me, and I panic I might bump into him, when I\u2019m out with my children.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Chenine continued: &#8216;I was going through a bad time at home and Frank was very sympathetic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Looking back, he could see I was vulnerable, and he was grooming me. But I thought he genuinely wanted to help.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Between September 2003 to March 2004, Barham subjected Chenine to a string of serious sexual assaults &#8211; which took place during lessons and even at his home on one occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Detailing how the abuse escalated, the mother said: &#8216;It started with him asking me to wear a leather skirt and high boots for my lessons, which I didn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Then he told me I should look down at my gears more so he could look down my top.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He put his hand inside my bra and made vulgar comments. And one day, he picked me up straight from school for a lesson and put his hands in my knickers as I was driving.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had my hands on the wheel, and I was absolutely petrified. I didn\u2019t know what to do.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/09\/77730727-12742563-image-a-28_1699867365058.jpg\" height=\"726\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Following Barham&#8217;s attacks, Chenine put on over six stone and said she &#8216;felt worthless&#8217; during this time<\/p>\n<p>Following this, Barham organised to tutor Chenine at his home ahead of her driving theory exam.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;I thought I\u2019d be safe there, I knew he was married with a child, but he took me upstairs to his study and he put his hand under my top and rubbed my back whilst his wife was downstairs.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>However, the alarm was raised for Chenine&#8217;s parents when Barham didn&#8217;t bring her home until 10pm that evening.<\/p>\n<p>Describing how &#8216;furious&#8217; they were, she added: &#8216;They actually asked me if he was being inappropriate, and I said no. I just didn\u2019t want to talk to anyone about it. I was upset and confused.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had enough trouble going on at home and I didn\u2019t feel I could confide in them. It felt like nobody was on my side.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/09\/77730735-12742563-image-a-26_1699867339606.jpg\" height=\"1147\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Between September 2003 to March 2004, Barham subjected Chenine to a string of serious sexual assaults &#8211; which took place during lessons and even at his home on one occasion<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/09\/77730733-12742563-image-a-32_1699867472116.jpg\" height=\"548\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/09\/77730953-12742563-image-m-31_1699867466955.jpg\" height=\"548\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the Sergeant Major, 73, was branded a &#8216;predator&#8217; by a judge and sentenced to eight years after several female students bravely came forward about his conduct<\/p>\n<p>The abuse only ended after Barham penetrated her digitally during a lesson after ordering Chenine to drive to a secluded area.<\/p>\n<p>She explained: &#8216;I had my seat belt on, and I had my hands on the wheel. I was terrified. There was nobody around. I asked him if I could go home, and he said no.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Following this, the teenager refused to have any more lessons with Barham &#8211; and began struggling at school and self-harming in the years that followed.<\/p>\n<p>Chenine said: &#8216;I went through several years of feeling really bad about myself. I couldn\u2019t be intimate with a man unless I was drunk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I put on over six stones in weight. I made a suicide attempt too. I felt worthless.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, Chenine reported the abuse to police &#8211; but six years later, she was told there wasn&#8217;t enough evidence to charge Barham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was told it was his word against mine,&#8217; she added. &#8216;It just made me feel even more than I didn\u2019t matter.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chenine went on to have her two sons, aged 12 and seven, and says becoming a mother helped turned her life around.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, she was contacted by police to see if she would testify against Barham after more female students made serious complaints against him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two years later, Chester Crown Court heard that Chenine&#8217;s abuse was by far the most serious. Other former students claimed Barham had slapped their bottoms, hugged them and even put his hand down their bra.<\/p>\n<p>Another victim said Barham suggested she wear lacy red knickers as a lucky charm on the day of her driving test.<\/p>\n<p>Barham denied all offences against him and claimed that physical contact was part of his teaching style.<\/p>\n<p>However, a jury found Barham guilty of three counts of sexual assault and nine counts of indecent assault.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being sentenced to eight years behind bars, Barham walked free after only serving four this month.<\/p>\n<p>Chenine said: &#8216;I am traumatised by what he did to me. I struggle with relationships, and I have very low self-esteem. I\u2019m a single mum, working two jobs to look after my boys, and I do my best, but the abuse haunts me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I\u2019m devastated he has been released, back to his old life. He lives around a half hour car drive from me, and I panic I might bump into him, when I\u2019m out with my children. It just doesn\u2019t seem fair, and I think he should have served longer.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12742563\/My-driving-instructor-sexually-assaulted-six-months-destroyed-teenage-years-walked-free-serving-half-prison-sentence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My driving instructor sexually assaulted me for six months &#8211; he destroyed my teenage years and now walked free after only serving half of his prison sentence Chenine Woods, 37, was subjected to sickening assaults over six months\u00a0\u00a0 Read More: Inside &#8216;atrocious&#8217; killing of Jason Corbett: How former beauty queen and FBI agent father bludgeoned Irish father-of-two to death A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mother devastated as driving instructor is freed from prison early - Celebrity Tidings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/lifestyle\/mother-devastated-as-driving-instructor-is-freed-from-prison-early\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mother devastated as driving instructor is freed from prison early - Celebrity Tidings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My driving instructor sexually assaulted me for six months &#8211; 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