The Chronicle

Seven former detention centre staff charged with abusing inmates

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SEVEN former prison officers who worked at a detention centre have appeared in court charged with abusing teenage inmates in the 1970s and 1980s.

The ex-staff members who worked at Medomsley Detention Centre in Consett, County Durham, appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrate­s’ Court.

The court did not release the defendants’ addresses following a court applicatio­n on their behalf. The defendants are: Kevin Blakey, 65, charged with two counts of misconduct, two counts of wounding and two of assault.

Alan Bramley, 69, charged with misconduct, wounding and two counts of assault.

Johnson Brian Greenwell, 70, charged with misconduct, buggery without consent, false imprisonme­nt and two counts of assault.

David McClure, 62, charged with misconduct, wounding and four counts of assault.

John McGee, 73, charged with misconduct, four counts of assault, two counts of indecent assault, buggery without consent and wounding.

Christophe­r Onslow, 71, charged with two counts of misconduct, two of buggery without consent, two counts of wounding, two counts of wounding with intent, three counts of assault and one of indecent assault.

Neil Sowerby, 60, charged with misconduct, three counts of buggery without consent, two counts of assault and four counts of indecent assault.

The charges follow a long-running investigat­ion into the detention centre which was closed in 1988.

The judge adjourned the case and the defendants were bailed to appear before Teesside Crown Court on January 16.

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