can i get him sent to jail?

[Vicki]

hi, basically i was sexily abused my my dad when i was 5 years old i told my mum and she did everything she was supposed to do she got me help went to the police toke me to the doctors toke him to court but it got thrown out because there was little medical evidence and also because i was too young and confused about what was going on, im not 100% about all of the details but i got £5000 and he isn't aloud anywhere near me, i should make it clear that my mum and dad were divorced when i was 1 and i stayed with him at weekends. my dads family turned against me and my mum and blamed my mum for putting these ideas in my head. i asked my mum who has always been my rock and best Friend, when i was 15 if she would help me find him so that i could ask him why, she did find his address and warned me that he denied it at the time so he may deny it again, i decided i wanted to go and confront him anyway and felt it was something i needed to do so i toke my mum and a Friend with me and had everything i wanted to say planned out in my head so we knocked on the door and there he was, not how i thought he would look, he was fat and just looked like a pathetic man. to cut it short we went in and i went blank so mum asked him everything she knew i waned to ask while i squeezed her hand, he admitted that he did sexually abuse me more than once and he couldn't give any explanations as to why he did it, he also had a new wife but she wasn't there. my mum asked him to tell his mum and the rest of his family the truth because its not fair that i lost half my family. we left and i hadn't noticed but mum said he had wet himself.ha. mum found his mums telephone number in the phone book and rang her and asked her if he had told her the truth she said no and gave mum loads of abuse mum just told her to ring him and ask him. the next day mum got a phone call from her, my dad had told her the truth and she was saying how sorry she was and asked my mum to give me her address and telephone number and ring her, i never have not after what they put me and my mum through. anyway im 21 now and i am in a happy relationship and me and my partner have a daughter of our own. im a really strong person but it still gets to me that he never payed for what he did. would i be able to take him to court all these years on? its only now that i feel ready to and i know im strong enough to. please give me some advice. and im sorry its so long, i wanted to try and get all the facts in.