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Allegations of Abuse
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An ex-Salvation Army Officer is expected
to testify in his own defence at the High Court in Timaru to counter claims
that he sexually abused six girls and one boy during the 1970s. 69-year old John Francis Gainsford
faces 23-charges ranging from indecent assault to rape against children at
the Bramwell Booth Children's home in Temuka. The first complainant to give
evidence told the jury Mr Gainsford touched her indecently during piggy back
rides. But Gainsford's lawyer Paul Dacre
said his client will give evidence that she was too heavy for piggy back
rides and that he never indecently touched or raped her.
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