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Allegations of Abuse
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The jury at the trial of a former
Salvation Army Captain has retired to consider its verdict in Timaru. John Gainsford is defending
multiple sex abuse charges dating back to the 1970s when he was manager of
the Bramwell Booth Salvation Army Children's Home in Temuka. The trial has been going on for
the last two weeks. This morning the judge summed up
providing the jury with a spreadsheet to help them work through their
decision making process. They must decide if Gainsford is
guilty of 23 charges after he pleaded guilty to four. The defence argued the
remaining charges stem from "girl-talk" at the school at the time
and are unreliable and exaggerated. The Crown has stated it cannot all be
made up.
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