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| John Allen trial: Wrexham home boss guilty of 33 abuse charges | John Allen trial: Wrexham home boss guilty of 33 abuse charges |
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| A man who ran children's homes in north Wales has been found guilty of sexually assaulting youngsters in a campaign of abuse spanning decades. | |
| John Allen, 73, denied 40 counts of sex abuse against 19 boys and one girl in the late 1960s up to the early 1990s. | John Allen, 73, denied 40 counts of sex abuse against 19 boys and one girl in the late 1960s up to the early 1990s. |
| He was found guilty of seven sex charges at Mold Crown Court on Thursday. He was found guilty of 26 charges on Wednesday. | He was found guilty of seven sex charges at Mold Crown Court on Thursday. He was found guilty of 26 charges on Wednesday. |
| The jury were discharged after failing to reach verdicts on the other charges. | The jury were discharged after failing to reach verdicts on the other charges. |
| He will be sentenced on Monday. | He will be sentenced on Monday. |
| Earlier on Thursday, Mr Justice Openshaw told jurors he was prepared to accept verdicts by a majority verdict and they later returned six by a majority. | |
| The judge said there is no prospect of re-visiting the remaining charges after the jury had deliberated for more than week. | |
| The case was the first prosecution following the Operation Pallial investigation into allegations of historical sexual abuse at children's homes in north Wales. | |
| One former resident at the Bryn Alyn children's home said living at the establishment "wasn't care, it was like hell". |