WALES
Wales Online
Jun 27, 2014 By Ciaran Jones
Barry congregation elder and ‘sexual predator’ Mark Sewell, 53, has been convicted of rape and seven counts of indecent assault
A respected Jehovah’s Witnesses church leader was today convicted of a string of sex abuse allegations.
Former Barry congregation elder and “sexual predator” Mark Sewell, 53, denied nine historic sex charges against girls and women in a period spanning more than eight years.
The businessman and former Butlins holiday camp driver faces “a very substantial prison sentence” after a jury at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court convicted him of eight counts, including rape.
The jury first returned unanimous guilty verdicts on five counts of indecent assault against two young girls following more than nine hours of deliberation.
He was also unanimously found not guilty of one count of indecent assault against one of the girls.
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