Medomsley Detention Centre child abuse probe now biggest in UK

Neville Husband

The investigation into assaults on inmates at Medomsley Detention Centre is now the biggest child abuse inquiry in the UK.

And the staggering 1,123 men who have reported being physically or sexually assaulted while at the County Durham institution make up half of all alleged victims in the country, it has been revealed.

Two former prison workers Neville Husband and Leslie Johnson, who have both since died, were jailed 10 years ago for abusing youngsters at the centre

But after more victims came forward Durham Police launched ‘Operation Seabrook’ in 2013 to look into the allegations of repeated sexual and physical abuse of the young inmates, in the 1970s and 1980s.

Since then more than 1,000 new victims have come forward, and detectives have interviewed 16 former members of staff, arresting two.  (more...)

Medomsley Detention Centre child abuse probe now biggest in UK