Welcome to the Underworld.
John, welcome. Your fare across the river Styx is paid in full.
I'll bet if I had told you a story, like yours 5 years ago over a beer, you would have made all the right noises, listened with half an ear and filed the yarn away. You mate, have just joined a fairly exclusive club of believers.
The reality of what happens to people caught up in the system as it lurches along today almost beggars imagination.
But perhaps there is hope, there are enough of these episodes on record within the last 2 years to present a solid case against the method and madness of the CASA actions.
Part of the problem is who to appeal to; another part is the complexity of the issues, the rest is the credibility gap. Who is going to believe that our "safety watchdog" is out of control, barking mad, rabid and as corrupt as old nick himself.
You wouldn't before the watchdog turned it's beady little eyes on you.
Selah.