The women behind a fugitive rapist's downfall

Jade Skea was a teenager when she first met charismatic street trader Kim Avis.

She did not know it would bring her into a decade-long, controlling and abusive relationship with him and land her at the centre of a story that involved a fake death plot, an international manhunt and a high court trial.

In 2015, after years of violence, Jade decided to take action, and she was not alone. Three other women had come forward to tell their stories of how Avis had raped and abused them over decades.

This is the first time Jade has told her story.

27 March 2024