Wife of alleged child sex abuser 'didn't notice young girls'

The woman considered to be the common-law wife of US evangelist Tony Alamo told his child sex trial she thought wedding rings in his bedroom were donations to the ministry and did not notice that younger and younger girls were living with them.

Sharon Alamo, giving evidence for the defence in Texarkana, Arkansas, appeared at times to be reading from a notebook and the judge told her to rely on her memory. When lawyers took a break to confer, Alamo, 74, gave her a thumbs-up.