Jersey children's carer was 'sexual bully,' court hears

"It is the prosecution case that Mr. Wateridge abused that position of responsibility in respect of the children in his care," said prosecutor Stephen Baker.
"He was a bully and he used his position of authority to touch girls in his care in a sexual fashion. As you hear the evidence, you may conclude that he was a persistent sexual bully," he added.
Wateridge denies 19 counts of indecent assault and one of incitement to indecent assault relating to five victims between 1970 and 1974.
He was the first person charged as part of a child abuse investigation going back decades on the island, which is a dependency of the British crown with its own administration and jurisdiction.
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