Abuse inquiry: Fourth person is charged
Saturday 18th July 2009, 2:59PM BST.
A 71-YEAR-OLD pensioner has become the fourth person to be charged in connection with Jersey’s historical abuse inquiry.
Ronald George Thorne, of St Helier faces four charges of inciting acts of gross indecency with a boy on four separate occasions.
The alleged offences are said to have taken place between 1983 and 1987. The charges are not related to Haut de la Garenne.
The States police released a statement yesterday saying that they had charged the pensioner following advice received from the legal advisers acting on behalf of the Law Officers’ department.
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