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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Caroline Mortimer

101-year-old man found guilty of 21 child sex offences

A 101-year-old man thought to be Britain's oldest defendant has been found guilty of 21 counts of child sex abuse. 

Ralph Clarke was convicted of abusing two young girls during the 1970s and 1980s at Birmingham Crown Court.

The retired lorry driver, who was born in March 1915, pleaded guilty part-way through his trial to another nine sexual offences committed against a young boy in the 1970s.

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