Man who used children's home as 'front' for sexual abuse is jailed

A paedophile who used his children’s home business in Wales as “a front” has been jailed for life.

John Allen, 73, was convicted by a jury at Mold Crown Court last week of committing historical sexual offences against 18 boys and one girl, aged between seven and 15, at his residential care properties in and around Wrexham, North Wales, between 1968 and 1991.