Morgan Carter had known Aneese Uddin since she was a toddler and considered him to be her father – but he violated her trust in the most sickening way possible

LOOKING at the positive lines on the pregnancy test, Morgan Carter’s heart began to race. Only she wasn’t an excited mum-to-be.

Morgan was just 17 and the victim of a horrific sexual assault. Sickeningly, her attacker was man she called ‘dad’, Aneese Uddin, who had raised her since she was tiny.

Uddin, now 34, moved in with Morgan’s mum Claire Ellis, now 35, when she was just one. For a time life was happy. Uddin played the role of supportive stepdad, although he wasn’t married to Claire. He’d play football with Morgan, even teaching her how to box.

Morgan was so close to him that she considered him her ‘dad’ and would call him that. Morgan, 18, recalls: “Mum and Aneese had gone to school together. Years later, they got together.”

But as Morgan got older, she began to notice Aneese’s behaviour wasn’t always fatherly.

Morgan, who lives in Southend, Essex, and has waived her right to anonymity to speak to The Sun, says: “From when I was in primary school, he didn’t like mum wearing shorts and dresses. She also wasn’t allowed any male workmen in the house or to speak to male members of staff in shops.”

Then, when Morgan was around 11, he began to treat her similarly. “He didn’t like me wearing leggings and T-shirts,” she says. “We were under his control, and I was scared of him.”

But it was when Morgan turned 14 that things took an even more sinister turn.

Morgan recalls: “Mum had fallen asleep in front of the TV in the living room. Aneese came into my bedroom and had a marijuana joint and whispered to me: ‘Smoke it’. He said it would relax me and help me sleep. I was hesitant as I’d never seen or taken drugs before, but did as he said.”

But as they sat together, he started rubbing his private parts against her back. “I froze,” she says. “After he left my room, I felt embarrassed and ashamed. I told myself it didn’t happen.”

But from then on, whenever her mum wasn’t home or asleep, Uddin would ply Morgan with cannabis and also buy her gifts. He was grooming her – but she didn’t realise it.

Morgan says: “His hands would be all over me, it got worse every time. After molesting me, he’d warn me not to tell mum. I was confused and afraid. I did as he said. Months later, when I was still 14, he had sex with me for the first time.”

Numb and “in denial” she “tried to erase it from her brain”. “But it happened weekly,” she says. “I couldn’t tell mum as I couldn’t accept it myself. He manipulated me into not telling anyone.”

After two years, Uddin moved into his own flat, although he was still in a relationship with Claire. Morgan claims he told her mum it was because of annoyances with the neighbours. During this time, Morgan became addicted to drugs.

Morgan says: “I was addicted to weed.  I’d become completely dependent on it.”

Uddin also threatened to take Morgan “to Bangladesh so they could get married.” She continues: “Nothing came of it but I was horrified by it, and would stay silent every time he asked. I didn’t want to marry my own ‘dad’. I felt trapped.”

As years went by, Morgan wrestled with guilt and claims she lost herself, would skip school and lash out.

I felt a huge wave of relief but I also wanted to cry. I felt heartbroken to lose the baby too.

Morgan Carter on her abortion

Morgan says: “Mum began asking me what was going on. She noticed that I was acting strangely. I would tell her she was crazy and it was nothing. I was terrified of the truth coming out.”

In 2024, aged 17, Morgan fell pregnant with Uddin’s baby. She says: “I was sick a lot and went into a panic when I missed my period. I told mum I needed a pregnancy test.

“Mum gasped and asked me whose baby it was. I lied, telling her it was someone else from our past. Mum bought me a test, and I was trembling as I took it. Mum was really shocked. At first, I wanted to keep it, but I knew I couldn’t have a child with him.

“I let mum help me go to the abortion clinic. I was a few weeks along at that point. We had it handled. I didn’t tell Aneese. I felt a huge wave of relief but I also wanted to cry. I felt heartbroken to lose the baby too. After losing the baby I realised the abuse couldn’t go on any longer.

“It took four months until I found the courage to finally come clean and I finally broke the news to mum.”

Her mum was furious. Morgan says: “She went pale. She sped me to Aneese’s flat. I followed her inside as she went ballistic at him. She screamed: ‘You groomed our daughter.’”

He hit back and started strangling her, although she managed to escape. Morgan says: “I burst into tears. I felt helpless.”

Claire, who has been left unable to work after the abuse came to light, escaped Uddin’s grip and ran down the apartment building stairs. Morgan chased after her as her mum collapsed to the floor in tears.

Morgan says: “Mum was hyperventilating. I was hysterical and helped her back into the car.

I’d been groomed and had my childhood stolen from me by my own ‘Dad’.

Morgan Carter

“Aneese stayed in the flat, and when we got home, he called mum. I heard mum coldly tell him, ‘Turn yourself in.’ Aneese did what mum said. He walked into the police station that day. I couldn’t believe it.”

As Morgan waited for the court date, she fell into a deep depression. She says: “Mum was racked with guilt, sobbing all the time, saying sorry. But despite being in pain herself, she never gave up on me. I kept running away from home, yet she’d find me every time. She was my rock.”

In September 2025, Aneese Uddin, from Southend, Essex, appeared at Basildon Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual activity with a child against Morgan, one count of actual bodily harm against Claire and one count of possessing a Class B drug with intent to supply.

It was also revealed he had a past conviction for dealing drugs. He was sentenced to 10 years, given a lifelong sex offender notification and an indefinite ban on contact with any child under 18.

I want Aneese to know: ‘You may think you broke us. But you haven’t. I’ll never forgive you for your actions. I hope you rot in that cell.’

Morgan Carter

Morgan says: “In court, Aneese read out a letter apologising, saying he’d never forgive himself and that he deeply cared for us. He told the court he still loved me. But after everything, we got justice. Mum and I held each other, crying.”

She’s angry about the sentence. “Life’s difficult,” she says. “Ten years was never enough, he should’ve got life. I dread him coming out one day. I still have flashbacks, nightmares and panic attacks. Meanwhile, mum’s partner of 16 years has destroyed her life too.

“I want Aneese to know: ‘You may think you broke us. But you haven’t. I’ll never forgive you for your actions. I hope you rot in that cell.’

“I’d buried it deep inside for so long. I’d been groomed and had my childhood stolen from me by my own ‘Dad’. Now he’s in prison, Mum and I are slowly getting better day by day. We have each-other.

“To any other victims of abuse, please get help. Don’t live in silence for as long as I did.”