Saruti

But he was, as always, an omnipresent force in Katie's life, still skulking around over at Aunt Linda's.

Just to like give you a vision of who Sal is.

He is this huge guy that adults are terrified of because he is known in the area for having a very, like it's put in a lot of places like a fiery temper.

I'm just like, I don't think that comes close.

He is an incredibly abusive, violent man.

And he was also very publicly known for having a tendency towards violence against his wife and basically anyone who crossed him.

Sal Illegheri was undoubtedly bad news.

But if you thought that Katie was unlucky enough with a potential nonce like Sal around, wait until we introduce you to the other major male figure in her life.

43-year-old John Esposito.

Yes, this unnamed Big Brother's programme leader is the only one who was like...

I don't think so.

Especially in a case like this.

Especially in a case like this.

Sadly, everyone other than, as we said, the guy running the Big Brothers program actually seemed to brush any grimy rumors about John Esposito under the proverbial carpet.

He was known locally to be a childlike figure who hung around almost exclusively with teenage boys at his Bayshore house with, you guessed it, a converted garage that he kept well stocked with toys, junk food and video games.

And look, we have come across this ploy used by...

child groomers and paedophiles all over the world, especially when you're working in an area of high deprivation.

Because these boys or these girls or whoever, these children that John Esposito is going after, they don't have these things at home because they live in an incredibly impoverished area.

So this is why this works.

He creates this kid-friendly dreamland in his garage that's just filled with all this stuff that these kids' parents can never buy them.