一名93岁的前儿童家庭经理因1976年至1994年在一家英国家中虐待六名儿童而被定罪,他的助手也被判有罪。 A 93-year-old former children’s home manager was convicted of abusing six children at a UK home from 1976 to 1994, with his assistant also found guilty.

陪审团发现,一名93岁的前儿童家庭经理Malcolm Phillips在1976年至1994年期间在哈利法克斯的Skircoat Lodge对6名儿童——4名女孩和2名男孩——进行了性虐待,当时,在被认为不适合接受审判后,进行了一场事实审判。 A 93-year-old former children’s home manager, Malcolm Phillips, was found by a jury to have sexually abused six children—four girls and two boys—at Skircoat Lodge in Halifax between 1976 and 1994, during a trial-of-facts after being deemed unfit to stand trial. 他的助手Linda Brunning,66岁,被判协助虐待罪,包括限制一名男孩和猥亵殴打另一名男孩。 His assistant, Linda Brunning, 66, was convicted of aiding abuse, including restraining a boy and indecently assaulting another. 法院听说一个长达数年的恐惧、孤立、威胁和惩罚离家出走者的制度,受害者每天遭受虐待,并被警察遣返。 The court heard of a years-long regime of fear, isolation, threats, and punishment for runaways, with victims enduring daily abuse and being returned by police. Calderdale理事会表示道歉,承认过去儿童保护方面的失败。 Calderdale Council apologized, acknowledging past failures in child protection. 此案在数十年的沉默之后被揭露,凸显出体制失灵和制度性虐待造成的持久创伤。 The case, uncovered after decades of silence, highlights systemic failures and the lasting trauma from institutional abuse. Brunk定于4月判刑。 Brunning is set to be sentenced in April.