Eight charged in ex-Coventry children's home abuse case

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Police investigating allegations of historical abuse at a former Coventry children's home have charged eight men.

The men, who worked at Wisteria Lodge, are accused of 29 offences including sexual, physical and emotional assault, involving a total of 15 children, police said.

The charges relate to allegations of abuse between 1981 and 1997. The home was demolished in 2009.

All of the men are due before Coventry Magistrates' Court on 26 October.