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| Ex-BBC presenters given five-year jail terms for indecently assaulting boys | |
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| Two former BBC radio presenters have been jailed for five years after being convicted of indecently assaulting boys and outraging public decency by having sex in woodland. | |
| Husband and wife Tony and Julie Wadsworth were found guilty by a majority verdict of encouraging a string of boys, including a teenager looking for a golf ball, to take part in sexual activity in Warwickshire between 1992 and 1996. | Husband and wife Tony and Julie Wadsworth were found guilty by a majority verdict of encouraging a string of boys, including a teenager looking for a golf ball, to take part in sexual activity in Warwickshire between 1992 and 1996. |
| Julie Wadsworth, 60, and her 69-year-old husband told Warwick crown court they engaged in or watched sex acts in an area of parkland, but claimed young men and not boys were involved. | Julie Wadsworth, 60, and her 69-year-old husband told Warwick crown court they engaged in or watched sex acts in an area of parkland, but claimed young men and not boys were involved. |
| Julie Wadsworth was convicted by majority 10-2 verdicts of nine indecent assaults and five counts of outraging decency after a three-week trial and was jailed for five years. | |
| Her husband, who acted as a “lookout” during sexual activity involving his wife and a total of six youngsters, was found guilty of the same charges, also by majority verdicts and also jailed for five years. | |
| As the verdicts were returned, Julie Wadsworth, who was cleared of indecently assaulting one of the victims at her home, gulped repeatedly, swayed in the dock and wiped away tears. | As the verdicts were returned, Julie Wadsworth, who was cleared of indecently assaulting one of the victims at her home, gulped repeatedly, swayed in the dock and wiped away tears. |