Men in their 70s charged with glut of sexual and physical offences in connection with Shefford boys’ home abuse

UNITED KINGDOM
Comet

A 79-year-old man from Swaffham in Norfolk has been charged with 66 offences – 18 sexual and 48 physical – which are alleged to have taken place at St Francis Boys’ Home between 1963 and 1974. The 25 boys were aged between five and 16.

A 73-year-old man from Bedford has also been charged with six sexual offences against four boys aged between 11 and 16.

Both men will appear at Luton Magistrates’ Court on 30 November.

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