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Chichester vicar jailed for ‘this is what God wants’ abuse
A former vicar who sexually abused a woman and a girl, who he told "it was what God wanted", has been jailed for eight years. Meirion Griffiths, 81, was convicted of four counts of indecent assault last month following a six-day retrial. He had moved to Perth in...
Ex-teacher Hubert Hallman jailed for 1960s child abuse
Hubert Hallman, 82, admitted four counts of indecent assault against a pupil while he was a French teacher at the Stroud School in Romsey, Hampshire. Southampton Crown Court heard his "traumatised victim" came forward in 2017 following high-profile child sex abuse...
Ex-staff member of Hampshire children’s home jailed for abuse
Local Authority and Foster Parent
A former staff member at a children’s home has been jailed for 15 years for child abuse dating back to the 1980s. Willy Gillham was sentenced at Southampton crown court after being found guilty of four counts of serious sexual offences against a boy under the age of...
Michael Pulsford jailed for Christian camp child abuse
Michael Pulsford, 68, abused three boys and three girls while he was a Christian youth group leader between 1974 and 1989. The victims, who were aged between 12 and 15, were abused in Wiltshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Pulsford admitted 16 counts of indecent...
Phil Banning: Athletics coach who abused girls jailed
Phil Banning, 68, abused four girls between 1976 and 1982 at Andover Athletics Club in Hampshire. The former Welsh national coach pleaded guilty at Winchester Crown Court to 18 counts of indecent assault. Judge Keith Cutler said Banning had groomed girls who...
Retired teacher Kenneth Francis convicted of sexual abusing children in the 1970s
Kenneth Francis assaulted four boys who were pupils at a school in the Chelmsford area. The attacks took place at locations including the school and his then home in Boreham between 1972 and 1979. On some occasions he gave alcohol to the victims – who were all under...
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