X Factors Jahmene Douglas opens up about his heart-breaking childhood and evil father

Charming and talented X Factor star Jahmene Douglas has spoken for the first time about his childhood, which forced him, his two brothers and sister to live in refuge and even change their names.

Jahmene’s father Eustace was finally jailed following a blowtorch attack on his mum Mandy.

However, by this point it all got too much for one of his brother, who took his own life so he wouldn’t have to live n fear.

Speaking to The Sun, Jahmene said: “Every day I thought, ‘I’m going to die today’.

“It was just torture. It would turn my stomach every time I saw my father. I was living in fear.

“He would flip over anything — you didn’t lie, you didn’t swear, you didn’t put a foot out of place.

“But he’d always find something. Then you’d never know what he would do. There was a spectrum of things: Hitting you with a belt or a spatula, beating or strangling you.

“Once, because I bit my nails, he put a knife under my nail until it started bleeding. Another time he stopped me from eating for two days. I was about seven or eight.”

Things came to a head when Mandy got job, which resulted in her enduring three days of torture and horrific violence.

Jahmene revealed: “It was one of the worst nights ever. I woke up thinking, ‘Is she still alive?’ He used a blowtorch to brand her, used knives on her, dragged her through the hallway naked by her hair. He threatened to kill all of us in front of her.

“When the police came I couldn’t even recognise her face.

“I was used to seeing her being beaten and having bruises but this time she had hair missing, burn marks and her eyes were all puffed out, black and glazed over.

“I just hugged her. I couldn’t say anything. I never did say anything in the house.

“The thing that stays with you is hearing your mother scream and not being able to do anything.”

You can read the full interview in The Sun today. 

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