There have been various convictions for sexual offences against children over the period covered by this investigation. Convictions of residential care staff for sexual abuse of children in residential care and convictions for child sexual abuse in foster care are listed below. Where the conviction was for non-recent abuse, the timeframe of the abuse is listed along with the year of conviction. Where the conviction was for recent abuse, only the year of conviction is listed. Convictions for harmful sexual behaviour are not listed because, by their nature, those who were convicted were children at the time of the offence.
The Sexual Offences Act 1956[1] included offences of rape, unlawful sexual intercourse with girls under 16 and indecent assault of children.
The Indecency with Children Act 1960[2] introduced the offence of gross indecency with a child under the age of 14.
The Sexual Offences Act 2003[3] made provisions about new sexual offences and the protection of children from harm from sexual acts and incidents connected with sexual acts.
Table of convictions of residential care staff for sexual abuse of children in residential care
Name |
Nature of the offence(s) |
Year of conviction |
Sentence received |
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Malcolm Henderson |
Indecent assault of two girls at Skegby Hall |
1975 |
Two-year probation order |
Colin Wallace |
Four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse against a child in care |
1981 |
Unknown |
Michael Preston |
Two counts of indecent assault against a resident at Three Roofs Community Home |
1985 |
Nine months’ imprisonment |
Gerald Jacobs |
Indecent assault of a resident at Amberdale Secure Unit |
1986 |
Nine months’ imprisonment |
David Marriott |
Four counts of indecent assault against two residents at Skegby Hall |
1987 |
Two years’ imprisonment |
Steven Carlisle |
Three counts of indecent assault against residents at Woodnook Community Home |
1990 |
Unknown |
Norman Campbell |
Four counts of buggery and three counts of indecent assault against children in residential and foster care |
1991 |
Six years’ imprisonment |
John Dent |
11 counts, including rape and indecent assault of children at Beechwood and Hillcrest in the 1970s |
2002 |
Seven years’ imprisonment |
Paul Wheater |
16 counts of indecent assault against two residents at Risley Hall Approved School in the 1970s |
2002 |
Six years’ imprisonment |
Andris Logins |
Four counts of rape, 12 counts of indecent assault and one count of cruelty against children at Beechwood in the 1980s |
2016 |
20 years’ imprisonment |
Barrie Pick |
Two counts of indecent assault and two counts of indecency with a child resident at Beechwood in the 1980s |
2017 |
Six years’ imprisonment |
Dean Gathercole |
Six counts of indecent assault and three counts of rape of two residents at Amberdale in the 1980s |
2018 |
19 years’ imprisonment |
Myriam Bamkin |
Indecent assault of a resident at Amberdale in 1985 |
2018 |
30 months’ imprisonment |
Christopher Metcalfe |
Indecent assault of two girls in foster care and at Skegby Hall in the 1970s |
2018 |
33 months’ imprisonment |
Michael Robinson |
Five counts of indecent assault and one count of taking an indecent photograph of a child in relation to residents at Hazelwood in the 1980s |
2018 |
Eight years’ imprisonment |
David Gallop |
Two counts of indecent assault against a resident at Hazelwood in the 1970s |
2018 |
21 months’ imprisonment |
Table of convictions for child sexual abuse in foster care
Name |
Nature of the offence(s) |
Year of conviction |
Sentence received |
---|---|---|---|
NO-F106 |
Indecent assault of two children not in care |
1976 |
Three-year probation order |
Bernard Holmes |
Four counts, including unlawful sexual intercourse, indecent assault and gross indecency, against two children in his care |
1987 |
30 months’ imprisonment |
Michael Chard |
Four counts of indecent assault against two children in his care |
1989 |
Three years’ imprisonment |
NO-F141 |
Indecent assault of a child in his care |
1990 |
Unknown |
NO-F119 |
Adult son of foster carer convicted of rape of a child in foster care |
1991 |
30 months’ imprisonment |
Norman Campbell |
Four counts of buggery and three counts of indecent assault against children in residential and foster care |
1991 |
Six years’ imprisonment |
NO-F64 |
Indecent assault of two girls in his care |
1991 |
Three months’ imprisonment |
Douglas Vardy |
Sexual abuse of three children in his care |
1993 |
Unknown |
William Boden |
Indecent assault of four girls from the 1960s to the 2000s who were not in care |
2002 |
10 years’ imprisonment |
Robert Thorpe |
Friend of foster carers convicted of four counts of indecent assault and five counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 in foster care |
2009 |
Five years’ imprisonment |
Patrick Gallagher |
55 counts of sexual abuse, including rape and sexual assault, against 16 children (seven of whom were in his care) between 1998 and 2010 |
2011 |
13 life sentences with a minimum term of 28 years |
NO-F77 |
Two counts of sexual assault and one count of exposure against two girls. One had been in his care and the other had been in foster care with another family |
2013 |
Eight months’ imprisonment |
Stephen Noy |
Eight counts of indecent assault and two of unlawful sexual intercourse against two girls, one of whom was under his foster care |
2015 |
17.5 years’ imprisonment |
Raymond Smith |
Indecent assault of a child not in care |
2016 |
Two years’ imprisonment, suspended for two years |
Christopher Metcalfe |
Indecent assault of two girls in foster care and at Skegby Hall in the 1970s |
2018 |
33 months’ imprisonment |