00:00Child abuse cases often lead questions long after the offences themselves.
00:06In this case, the West Midlands link is that Malcolm Phillips, who is now 93 and living
00:11in Birmingham, was at the centre of an abuse hearing at Bradford Crown Court.
00:17The court heard he had managed Skircote Lodge in Halifax where vulnerable children were
00:22placed for their own safety.
00:24A jury in a trial of facts found he had abused 4 girls and 2 boys there between 1976 and
00:331994.
00:35Because Phillips was ruled unfit to stand a criminal trial, he could not be convicted
00:41in the normal way.
00:42The judge gave him an absolute discharge, saying he was bound by the legal framework and also
00:48imposed a sexual harm prevention order.
00:51His former assistant, Linda Brunning from Sowerbury Bridge, was jailed for 25 years after
00:59being found guilty of indecently assaulting a boy and helping Phillips abuse another boy.
01:05She had denied the charges, but her barrister said she now respects the verdicts.
01:10The judge described Phillips as a master manipulator who cultivated a culture of fear.
01:17Survivors who waived their anonymity have spoken of anger, relief and trauma.
01:22West Yorkshire police say anyone reporting child abuse, however historic, will be listened
01:27to and they will be believed.
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