Scots couple guilty of assaulting children at Jersey care home

A MARRIED couple were convicted today of a string of physical assaults against vulnerable youngsters at a children's home in the 1970s and 1980s.

• Morag and Anthony Jordan outside court

Morag and Anthony Jordan, both 62, from Kirriemuir, Angus, were both found guilty of eight separate counts relating to abuse at the Haut de la Garenne home in Jersey.

But after more than eight hours deliberation, a jury at the Royal Court of Jersey acquitted Mrs Jordan of a further 28 counts and Mr Jordan of four.

Both defendants remained silent as the verdicts were read, but a former resident who gave evidence during the trial was led from the public gallery in tears.

Mr and Mrs Jordan were bailed to return before the court for sentencing on January 6.