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The European Court of Human Rights ( Third Section ) sitting on 7 September 1999 as a Chamber composed of
Having regard to Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;
Having regard to the application introduced on 29 April 1997 by F.C. against the United Kingdom and registered on 11 August 1997 under file no. 37344/97;
The applicant is a British national, born in 1972 and is currently detained in a psychiatric institution in the United Kingdom. She is represented before the Court by Mr P.J. Kenny, a lawyer practising in Telford. The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.
In June 1988 the applicant alleged that she had been sexually abused by her adoptive father. She submits that he admitted the allegation and that she was subsequently awarded compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in that respect. She was then received into the care of the local authority and placed with foster parents.
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