Paedophile pensioner jailed over 'wicked and unspeakable' abuse at children's home
The paedophile manager of a children's home was facing a lengthy jail sentence today after subjecting vulnerable boys in care to "unspeakable" cruelty. Peter Harley, 77, preyed on the children at a now-closed local authority institution in Moffat, in Dumfriesshire.
The judge said he had taken advantage of it in the most callous fashion to abuse two children he knew to be defenceless and vulnerable. The judge said his cruelty was unspeakable and he had led "a virtual lifetime of depravity preying on vulnerable children". Top news stories today One boy was aged 12 when he became a target for the predatory officer in charge of the institution and the other was aged 11. Harley, who was known as 'Pops' by youngsters, later took redundancy when the Merkland home was closed, the court heard.All the boys called him 'Pop'. They used to call him 'Pops Harley'."
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