Ashleigh Freckleton

So it was really paradoxical and confusing.

You know, I didn't know who to call and...

I tried multiple avenues before I finally felt like we were heard and we got linked in with the relevant authorities that actually could help us.

The first thing I did was lodge a complaint with Crime Stoppers International because he was, or maybe it was through Interpol, you know, because he was wanted at the time.

Nothing ever came back from that.

I never heard back.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And, you know, I'd given them a tip or, you know, lodged something and nothing happened.

And the other thing I did was contact the Royal Charity Commission in the UK because they're a registered charity and they get all sorts of benefits for that as well as credibility.

You know, oh, they're a registered charity.

Well, you know, they must be all right.

And I reported to them what had happened.

But because I wanted to remain anonymous at the time, they said, we can't really do anything with it.

And it sort of just got put into a file, I think.

I think they approached them, maybe asked them about it.

Of course, they would have denied everything.

But nothing came of it.

Later on, I approached them again and said, I don't care about anonymity.

I'm quite happy to put my name to this.

I'm lodging a complaint.