Victim of Gammy’s dad speaks out

Wendy and David Farnell with baby Piper. Screengrab from 60 Minutes. Source: Supplied

The father of Thai surrogate baby Gammy has spoken publicly about his convictions for child sex offences.

A CHILD sex abuse victim of an Australian man at the centre of a surrogacy storm says pedophiles shouldn't have children and she's disgusted he has a baby daughter.

David Farnell was placed in the international spotlight after a Thailand surrogate mother alleged he abandoned his Down Syndrome son Gammy and returned to Australia with the healthier twin sister, now seven-month-old Pipah.

Questions have been raised over Mr Farnell's suitability for surrogacy after it emerged he was jailed in 1997 for indecently dealing with three girls.

One of Mr Farnell's victims, using the pseudonym Sarah, has spoken about the impact of the offences.

"The damage is done and it can take years to repair," she toldThe West Australian newspaper. "It's my belief he should not have any children - not just him, all pedophiles."

The 39-year-old said she feared for Pipah's safety: "We need to stop putting these perpetrators first ... because there are so many innocent babies and children that are abused day in, day out.

"It's disgusting."

Gammy's parents Wendy and David Farnell. Picture: Trevor Paddenburg. Source: Supplied

Mr Farnell and his wife Wendy have denied abandoning Gammy in Thailand, saying they wanted to take him back to their home in Western Australia.

Speaking out from hospital where she herself has just given birth, Sarah and her father Bob, also a pseudonym, said Mr Farnell is a person "you cannot trust, not one little bit."

"Our concern is that five, 10 years down the track, it's all forgotten and who's going to protect them and friends of his kids?," Bob told The West Australian.

Sarah's family lived in the same neighbourhood as Mr Farnell in the 1980s when the offences occurred in Mr Farnell's home and garden shed.

In an interview with 60 Minutes the Farnells denied they abandoned their son, but admitted they had not called at all to check on Gammy's welfare.

They said they did not extend their Thai visas to be with him, and have not asked authorities or the agency for help in bringing him to Australia.

Of his past as a registered sex offender, Mr Farnell said: "I've been convicted of child sex offences and I hang my head in shame for that and I'm deeply regretful of that."

"I was convicted and I went to jail and when I got out of jail I thought ... I need to face everybody and face what I did," he said.

"I copped a lot of horrible things but I stayed and I faced that."

Thai surrogate mother Pattaramon Chanbua poses with baby Gammy at the Samitivej Hospital on August 6, 2014 in Chonburi province in Bangkok, Thailand. Source: Getty Images

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