Taken from her mum at three and handed to an abusive foster family: Mother hits out at care system that almost ruined her life and says adoption should be a priority

Taken from her mum at three and handed to an abusive foster family: Mother hits out at care system that almost ruined her life and says adoption should be a priority

Ashley Rhodes-Courter was three when her childhood came to an abrupt end. The daughter of a struggling teenage mother, her life had been blighted by fecklessness and her parent's regular brushes with the law.