EARS IN COURT AS VICTIM OF FANTASIST STUDENT DESCRIBES HOW HER FAMILY WAS TORN APART
Fresh start: Mrs Retallack, pictured
being kissed by two women believed to be her daughters, sobbed in court
as she described how her life was ruined and she is now in France
Sally Retallack sobbed in court as she bravely read out a victim impact statement about how Bianco had torn apart her family.
The
mother-of-four, who has moved to France to start a new life, said: 'I
was an outgoing, positive, career minded individual who loved her job
and developed a real pride and satisfaction nurturing the young people
who would be in my care.'
She
added: 'I had a close, loving home life. My entire family had empathy
for Elisa's personal situation and welcomed her into our home.
'Now
I have no career, no job, no husband, little self confidence and have
recently started to try and rebuild my life by moving to France.
'Very
gradually throughout the period that Elisa was in my life, she
manipulated her way daily more deeply into my life by lying, acting,
increasing dependency by creating a fictional realm of both physical and
emotional circumstances, that subtly started to build barriers between
myself and my friends and family; in fact anyone that took my time,
attention or focus away from Elisa.
'I trusted her and over time put her above my family and friends as I knew she would only be here for a short period of time.
'I truly believed she had no one else. I have to live with this guilt and the consequences forever.
'My
husband and I gradually became estranged as my role as wife and mother
was taken over by Elisa's increasing financial, emotional and physical
needs.'
She
said the 'darkest deception' was the fake relationship Bianco created
and added: 'This relationship developed gradually into a very deep
mutual love and true relationship in every sense.
'To
discover this entire person and relationship to be fraud, just a young
girl playing, was devastating and embarrassing to a level that I find so
hard to put into words.'
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