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| Jersey carer 'was sexual bully' | Jersey carer 'was sexual bully' |
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| A carer at a former children's home in Jersey was a "persistent sexual bully" who repeatedly abused children in his care, a court has heard. | |
| Gordon Wateridge, 78, used his job at the Haut de la Garenne home to touch teenage girls in a sexual manner, Jersey's Royal Court was told. | Gordon Wateridge, 78, used his job at the Haut de la Garenne home to touch teenage girls in a sexual manner, Jersey's Royal Court was told. |
| He is charged with 19 counts of indecent assault relating to five victims between 1970 and 1974. | He is charged with 19 counts of indecent assault relating to five victims between 1970 and 1974. |
| Mr Wateridge, who lives in the parish of St Clement, denies the charges. | Mr Wateridge, who lives in the parish of St Clement, denies the charges. |
| He is also charged with one count of assault against a 12 or 13 year-old boy and one count of incitement to indecent assault against a 12 or 13 year-old girl. | |
| The court was told he would grope girls' breasts, kiss them on the neck and, in one instance, forced his hand inside an alleged victim's underwear. | |
| The alleged attacks led to children at the home nicknaming Mr Wateridge "The Perv", the jury was told. | |
| Opening the case for the prosecution, Stephen Baker said Wateridge had worked as a house parent at the children's home from 1970 to 1974. | |
| He said: "It is the prosecution case that Mr Wateridge abused that position of responsibility in respect of the children in his care named in the indictment. He was a bully and he used his position of authority to touch girls in his care in a sexual fashion. | |
| "As you hear the evidence, you may conclude that he was a persistent sexual bully, frequently touching young teenage girls in a sexual manner." | |
| As he opened the case, Mr Baker advised the jury to ignore "lurid" reporting in the press about Haut de la Garenne. |