Halifax care home manager sexually abused children for decades, court hears
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Malcolm Phillips, 92, a former care home manager at Skircoat Lodge in Halifax, West Yorkshire, is accused of sexually abusing vulnerable children between 1976 and 1994. His assistant of 16 years, Linda Brunning, 66, is accused of helping him and indecently assaulting one boy. Phillips, deemed unfit to stand trial, faces a trial of facts, while Brunning faces a full trial at Bradford Crown Court. Prosecutors allege Phillips used his position to isolate and abuse children, many of whom had suffered prior abuse or were considered "unwanted." Brunning is accused of facilitating Phillips' abuse and manipulating the children, threatening them to maintain their silence. The pair allegedly exploited their access to the children's files to target those they believed they could control.
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