Man accused of Shefford orphanage abuse taken ill

UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News

A 79-year-old man due to stand trial on charges of abuse against children at an orphanage was taken to hospital after becoming ill.

James McCann, of Suffield Court, Swaffham, Norfolk, worked at St Francis Boys Home in Shefford, Bedfordshire, during the 1960s and 1970s.

He was taken ill ahead of a trial at the Old Bailey.

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