Prisoner: Cell Block H actress Maggie Kirkpatrick convicted of child abuse

Veteran actress Maggie Kirkpatrick, who played a sadistic warden nicknamed “the Freak” in the cult Australian soap opera Prisoner: Cell Block H, has been convicted of molesting a 14-year-old psychiatric patient more than 30 years ago.

The series, set in a women’s prison, ran from 1979 to 1986. It was known as Prisoner in Australia and Caged Women in other countries.