Jersey care worker guilty of assaults

A former carer at a Jersey children’s home was found guilty today of indecently assaulting teenagers while he worked there in…

A former carer at a Jersey children’s home was found guilty today of indecently assaulting teenagers while he worked there in the 1970s.

Gordon Wateridge, nicknamed "the Perv" by his victims, carried out a string of assaults against teenage girls at the Haut de la Garenne home.

The 78-year-old, described as a "persistent sexual bully", was found guilty of eight charges of indecent assault and one charge of assault following a trial at Jersey Royal Court.

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