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EXCLUSIVE My sick father started raping me when I was nine and told me he was 'preparing me for marriage'. When I confessed to my little sister at 14, I learnt of horrors I could never have imagined
Two sisters have revealed their childhood agony after their sick father repeatedly raped them both, telling them he was helping them 'prepare to be good wives'.
Taylor-Rae Eason, 22, and her sister Chloe, 20, were subject to a horrific campaign of sexual abuse from Mark Jones, who was jailed in April for 24 years.
After carrying out depraved assaults on his daughters, Jones would tell them the abuse was 'just a way of life' for girls - and offered them measly cash incentives to keep quiet.
Now safe in the knowledge her father is behind bars and now a parent herself, Taylor, from South Wales, has opened up about the horrific ways in which Jones inflicted his cruel campaign upon his children.
'Growing up, Dad was my world,' she said. 'I loved him so much before he unleashed hell on me and my sister. He'd take us to the cinema or for picnics. He was a great dad.'
Jones and the girls' mother split up when they were children, but the sisters still spent every weekend at their beloved father's house.
But Taylor's image of her doting dad was shattered when she turned nine and he began to prey upon her.
One day, he sent Chloe, then seven, to the park next to his house with a friend.
'While we watched TV in the living room Dad suddenly began tickling me all over,' Taylor recounted. 'Out of nowhere he grabbed my privates and told me I was "beautiful".
'I was so confused and wondered if it was what dads did.'
The following weekend, Jones sent Chloe to the park again.
When Taylor mentioned she needed some money for summer clothes, he told her: 'If you play a game with me, I'll give you some'.
'I figured he meant a game of chess,' she continued. 'But he had something else in mind.
'Moments later, he pulled down his trousers and boxers. Walking up to me, I froze as he pressed his privates into me.
'I told him I didn't want to but he said that "this is what dads do to daughters to get them ready for their husbands". Though it felt wrong, I trusted him.'
Before long, the sexual abuse became routine for Taylor, who was also forced to touch her abuser.
Taylor recounted one instance where she was painfully assaulted - and could do nothing but wait for the horror to end.
'He undressed me and pushed his fingers inside me. I told him it hurt but he carried on without a word,' she explained.
'He didn't care I was in pain. So, I looked up at the white swirls on the ceiling. Gritted my teeth until he was finished.'
As Taylor lived out a nightmare at the hands of her abuser, she had no idea that he was also preying upon Chloe too.
'Whenever Chloe was in bed asleep, or downstairs playing, he'd pounce,' Taylor revealed. Even forced me to sleep next to him in his pull-out bed in our room.'
The constant assaults began to affect Taylor's education as she started playing truant.
'I hated going to Dad's, but with Mum working long hours as a carer, I had no choice,' she added.
In 2017 when Taylor was 14 years old, a sex education class confirmed her worst fears - that she was being abused by her father. That night, she confided in Chloe.
'When I told her weird stuff was happening in Dad's bedroom, she started to cry,' Taylor recalled.
'When she admitted he was hurting her sexually, too, I was horrified.'
Chloe went on to tell her sister how her dad had started abusing her when she was six. Together, they devised a plan to tell their mother and confront Jones.
However, when the sisters warned their father they were going to speak up about the abuse, they were left frightened.
'He flew into a rage, claimed no one would believe us. Terrified, we kept quiet,' Taylor said.
That day the girls bought cannabis and smoked it for the first time. Jones used this as a way to continue abusing his daughters.
'Weeks later, after running out of drugs, I went to his,' she recounted. 'He said he'd buy me more but I had to do something for him first.
'I laid down on the bed and he climbed on top of me, forcing himself inside me. All I could do was stare at the ceiling as he raped me.'
Afterwards, Jones handed Taylor £60. For the next two years, he continued to use his daughters and offered them cash in exchange for silence.
In 2017, he took the girls on a holiday to Wales, which they 'reluctantly' agreed to as long as they could bring some friends.
'One evening, with everyone else at the arcades, Dad made me stay behind in the chalet,' Taylor explained. 'Offered me £40 spending money while he undid his trousers.
'I knew what he meant and he raped me again.'
It wasn't until April 2020 that the truth emerged, after Chloe confessed everything to their mother - with Taylor finally admitting she was a victim too.
'Mum was beside herself,' the older sister said. 'Said it was her fault, but she wasn't to know.'
The following week they reported Jones to the police and gave their statements - he denied the charges.
In August 2021, Taylor fell pregnant - which she says 'saved her'.
'When my son was born, he was my reason to keep going,' she admitted.
Due to Covid-19 delays the sisters had to endure a five-year wait before the case went to court - but in November 2024, the sisters bravely took turns giving evidence via video link.
In April of this year, at Cardiff Crown Court, Jones, 65, from Barry, was found guilty of two counts of rape and five counts of sexual assault against Taylor.
He was convicted of three counts of rape and one of attempted rape, as well as five counts of assault by penetration and four of causing a child to engage in sexual activity against Chloe.
'When the guilty verdict was in, Chloe called to deliver it,' she recalled. 'We were so emotional, having justice after so long.
'Dad was supposed to keep me and my sister safe. Instead, he hurt us in the sickest way.
'Now that he's been jailed we finally have justice. Knowing he'll die behind bars gives me some comfort.
'I want other survivors to know it's never too late for justice.'
