Wisteria Lodge inquiry: Eight men charged over historical child abuse
They have been charged with a total of 29 offences relating to 15 children, including allegations of sexual and physical abuse.
Tuesday 10 October 2017 15:05, UK
Police investigating allegations of historical abuse at a former Coventry children's home have charged eight men with offences, including child rape.
The charges relate to allegations of child abuse at Wisteria Lodge between 1981 and 1997.
The men, some in their 70s, all once worked at the home, which was demolished in 2009.
They have been charged with a total of 29 offences relating to 15 children, including allegations of sexual and physical abuse.
Alan Todd, 72, from Coventry, is charged with one rape of a child, three indecent assaults and seven counts of child cruelty, between 1983 and 1995.
Ivan McChleery, 76, also from Coventry, is charged with two counts of indecent assault between 1996 and 1997 and two counts of child cruelty between between 1993 and 1995.
Peter Moore, 72, of Winston Avenue, Coventry, is charged with three counts of aiding and abetting an indecent assault on a child between 1995 and 1997.
Phillip Barnett, 64, Pat Duignan, 59, David Saunders, 64, David Fox, also 64 and Russell Garner, 58, are all charged with between one and four counts of child cruelty between 1981 and 1995.
The men are all due to appear at Coventry Magistrates' Court later this month.