Rape victim Ellie Wilson reveals how she got abuser to confess

A track and field champion secretly recorded her former ‘best friend’ admitting to raping her, providing the crucial evidence that led to her conviction and a five-year prison sentence.

Ellie Wilson, who has waived her right to anonymity, was attacked by her “relentless” boyfriend Daniel McFarlane between December 2017 and February 2018.

On one occasion, the ‘evil’ predator continued to rape her as she cried and begged him to stop before he chillingly told her ‘her temporary pleasure was worth more than [her] temporary pain’.

The arrogant coward later claimed no one would believe him and then forced a friend to delete text messages admitting to doing ‘despicable’ things.

But the callous sex offender was finally outed in 2019, after Ms Wilson recorded a conversation asking McFarlane why he had lied about the crimes, prompting him to reply: “We’ve already established that I did.” .

The brave 25-year-old is heard questioning her attacker, asking: “Don’t you understand how bad it makes me feel when you say ‘I didn’t rape you’ when you did and say I’ve done things.

McFarlane replies, “Ellie, we’ve already established that yes, but people who need to believe me, believe me.”

“But they’re believing a lie,” says Mrs. Wilson.

“I’ll tell them the truth some day, but not today,” says McFarlene, from Iverness, Scotland.

Will you tell them the truth about what you’ve done to me? How do you feel about it?’ says Ms Wilson.

“I feel good knowing I’m not in prison,” McFarlene replies cruelly.

The recording was crucial in the downfall of the monster McFarlene, who last year was sentenced to five years in prison for two counts of rape and attempt to circumvent the ends of justice.

Now, Ms Wilson has spoken out about her ordeal at the hands of McFarlene, as she admitted today that he had “stolen her bright future”.

The 25-year-old from Glasgow said she had been trapped in a vicious cycle of “emotional control and gaslighting” while McFarlene played with her feelings.

The abuse and trauma were so unrelenting that it led Ms. Wilson to attempt suicide in 2019, leaving her in need of urgent hospital treatment to save her life.

Months later, Ms Wilson decided to secretly record McFarlane admitting to what he had done.

“It was really scary,” he said, recounting that McFarlene had been acting “erratically” on the day of the recording. “He was terrified that he would find out what he was doing.

“I was worried that he would use physical violence on me… He strangled me on the day of that recording to the point where I lost consciousness.

‘We had had a conversation the night before that day. I asked her why she raped me. She said that her temporary pleasure was worth more than my temporary pain. She was messed up.

Miss Wilson met him in 2017 through student athletics and they became “best friends” immediately, she told MailOnline.

The couple had an on-off relationship, with McFarlane acting as her coach while she attended the University of Glasgow.

After McFarlene attacked her, she tried to cut off contact, but the “emotional manipulator” kept “come back” into her life.

He would threaten and demean her, she said, as she spoke openly about how he had raped her in a chilling way.

He bombarded her with messages on social media, ordering her to “stop drinking, going out, and doing things to do,” labeling her a “perpetual flirt.”

She even used the fact that he raped her as a form of emotional blackmail. asserted Miss Wilson.

He talked about it in a very practical way. He had a complete lack of remorse,” the master’s graduate said.

“The level of emotional manipulation was so bad that at one point I was crying on the floor of my room saying that I was a monster and a rapist.

So I had to comfort him, the man who raped me. He was appalling… There was a lot of emotional manipulation and gaslighting.’

She reported McFarlane to the police in 2020 and he was suspended from the University of Glasgow.

Later, Miss Wilson discovered that he had been able to enroll at Edinburgh University, while awaiting trial, after seeing a photo of him at a student sporting event on Facebook.

“I had left athletics after reporting Daniel because I was worried about running into him,” she said. Sun.

Miss Wilson said she had been left with post-traumatic stress disorder from McFarlane’s relentless abuse, which included a series of social media posts.

‘At the time I had tried to get away from him. Instead, they stopped me. I received threatening videos and messages. I was sending videos of him burning photos of me. Then he himself would threaten to kill himself,” she said.

The talented sports star admitted that she even began to ‘see her face in the faces of other men on the street’, leaving her frozen in terror.

In court, Ms Wilson was forced to recount her trauma in harrowing detail as she was ‘brutally’ interrogated by her abuser’s defense lawyer.

“I was struggling with my mental health during the trial,” Miss Wilson admitted. “I was worried that he would seriously hurt me if he was acquitted.

“When they found him guilty, I felt like I could live my life. I felt so relieved.

Miss Wilson called McFarlane’s abuse “domestic violence” and said it had ruined her life.

She added: ‘He stole my bright future. I will always think about the things I could have done if it wasn’t for him. My entire view of the world has completely changed.

‘I loved him very much. There are times when I feel guilty that he is in jail and having a hard time there. But it is important. He is not sorry. he doesn’t care. He probably never loved me and is incapable of love.

Miss Wilson is now working with Scottish Universities and the Scottish Government to find ways to better protect students and ensure their safety and well-being.

If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article, please call the Samaritans toll free on 116123 or visit: www.samaritanos.org.

Victims of sexual assault can find support by contacting the charity Rape Crisis free of charge on 0808 500 2222 or by visiting: www.rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/