Pensioner, 91, accused of abuse at children's home

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A pensioner successful his 90s is among 2 radical charged with aggregate kid intersexual offences astatine a children's location much than 30 years ago, constabulary person said.

Malcolm Phillips, 91, and Linda Brunning, 65, volition look successful tribunal connected Tuesday.

It comes aft constabulary launched an probe successful 2018 into allegations of maltreatment astatine Skircoat Lodge Children's Home successful Halifax, West Yorkshire, betwixt 1970 and 1995.

Phillips, of Tyseley, Birmingham, is accused of 32 offences, relating to 7 victims, some antheral and female, betwixt 1976 and 1994.

The charges see rape, indecent assault, gross indecency and different intersexual offences, including 2 counts of aiding and abetting an chartless antheral to perpetrate indecent assault.

He has besides been charged with 3 different intersexual offences, arsenic good arsenic aiding and abetting a antheral to perpetrate a intersexual offence.

Brunning, of Sowerby Bridge, adjacent Halifax, has been charged with 15 offences related to 3 victims, some antheral and female, betwixt 1980 and 1994.

These see indecent assault, and different offences successful which she is accused of aiding and abetting intersexual offending.

They person some been bailed and are owed to look astatine Bradford Magistrates Court connected Tuesday, West Yorkshire Police said.

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