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Gay foster parents jailed
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Friday 23 June, 2006 12:12 | More from this date | Today's headlines
Two men, who became Yorkshire’s first gay foster carers, have been jailed for abusing four young boys placed in their care by Wakefield Council.
They were found guilty last month.
The pair, Ian Wathey, 41, and Craig Faunch, 32, were sentenced to five years and six years on Friday.
The boys aged between eight and fourteen were often vulnerable and from troubled backgrounds, Jeremy Richardson QC prosecuting had told Leeds Crown Court.
"These were vulnerable young people, they were in foster care," said Mr Richardson. "Trust had been reposed in the defendants to look after them, we assert they breached that trust and committed criminal acts."
In May, Wathey was found guilty of encouraging a child to watch sexual activity and two counts of sexual activity with a child.
His partner was found guilty of three counts of sexual activity with a child and of taking an indecent photo of a child.
The couple were heralded as pioneers due to their willingness to foster the regions most troubled youngsters. Both men denied all the allegations throughout the two week trial.
GAY.COM/PlanetOut.com Network
Friday 23 June, 2006 12:12 | More from this date | Today's headlines
Two men, who became Yorkshire’s first gay foster carers, have been jailed for abusing four young boys placed in their care by Wakefield Council.
They were found guilty last month.
The pair, Ian Wathey, 41, and Craig Faunch, 32, were sentenced to five years and six years on Friday.
The boys aged between eight and fourteen were often vulnerable and from troubled backgrounds, Jeremy Richardson QC prosecuting had told Leeds Crown Court.
"These were vulnerable young people, they were in foster care," said Mr Richardson. "Trust had been reposed in the defendants to look after them, we assert they breached that trust and committed criminal acts."
In May, Wathey was found guilty of encouraging a child to watch sexual activity and two counts of sexual activity with a child.
His partner was found guilty of three counts of sexual activity with a child and of taking an indecent photo of a child.
The couple were heralded as pioneers due to their willingness to foster the regions most troubled youngsters. Both men denied all the allegations throughout the two week trial.