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Keith Stokes cleared of historical sex abuse Ex-slaughterman Keith Stokes cleared of historical sex abuse
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A former slaughterhouse manager has been cleared of child abuse in Wrexham in the 1980s.A former slaughterhouse manager has been cleared of child abuse in Wrexham in the 1980s.
Keith Stokes, 62, from Farndon, Chester, was the final defendant to be dealt with in a trial which heard boys were passed around by "predatory" paedophiles. Keith Stokes, 62, from Farndon, Chester, was the final defendant to be dealt with in a trial of seven men at Mold Crown Court which began in April.
Five men have been convicted of historical abuse at Mold Crown Court and a sixth was cleared. Five men have been convicted of historical abuse and a sixth has been cleared. Jurors heard boys were passed around by "predatory" paedophiles.
The trial began in April. The guilty men will be sentenced in September.
The men were arrested as part of the Operation Pallial investigation into historical abuse across north Wales. They were arrested as part of the Operation Pallial investigation into historical abuse across north Wales.
Mr Stokes was cleared on the 10th day of the jury's deliberations.
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The court heard victims were assaulted at sex parties at the home of Gary Cooke, 64, who was convicted of a string of offences.
One victim, now in his 40s, told the trial how he was "pimped out" by Cooke after being introduced to him through another boy.
The man said he was given alcohol by Cooke and shown adult films before being sexually assaulted.
"I was passed around different people," he said.