Children's home paedophile dies in prison

A paedophile who was serving a beingness condemnation for intersexual maltreatment successful northbound Wales children's homes has died successful situation astatine the property of 83.

John Allen, who ran respective homes, including Bryn Alyn successful Wrexham, was jailed for a minimum of 11 years successful 2014 for enactment offences from the 1960s to the 1990s.

He was recovered blameworthy successful 2019 of 7 further counts of indecent battle and 1 of a superior intersexual offence against children arsenic young arsenic 13 aft further victims came forward.

A situation work spokesperson confirmed Allen died astatine HMP Bure successful Norfolk connected 3 May, adding: "As with each deaths successful custody, the Prison and Probation Ombudsman volition investigate."

Allen acceptable up the Bryn Alyn assemblage of children's homes successful 1968 which, astatine its height, had 11 properties lodging much than a 150 young radical from astir the UK.

The 2014 lawsuit against Allen was the archetypal prosecution pursuing the Operation Pallial probe into allegations of humanities intersexual maltreatment astatine children's homes which was launched by the National Crime Agency successful 2012.