Women helped by Jill Saward pay tribute: ‘Repeating her pain helped us’ -BBC January 17, 2017 by Fulcrum Jill Saward became an ardent campaigner for victims of sexual assaults after she was raped during a burglary at her father's vicarage in 1986. She was the first rape victim in the UK to waive her anonymity, and went on to help hundreds - if not thousands - of women cope with their experiences. BBC. Stoke and Staffordshire. 17 January 2017 FulcrumShareTweetShare