May 2012

Guernsey court gives 12-year sentence in child abuse case

A man has been sentenced to 12 years in jail by Guernsey’s Royal Court for 10 counts of historic sexual child abuse.

Alasdair Robert Garven, 65, from Bath in Somerset, was arrested in Guernsey in October 2011.

The charges in his case related to incidents involving four girls, aged between four and nine, which took place between 1970 and 1977.

Garven, who lived in Guernsey until 1976, was found guilty of the charges in the island’s court in April.

April 2012

Bath man guilty of sex abuse against children

A DEFENDANT who told a Royal Court trial that he had no sexual interest in children had a conviction for having unlawful intercourse with a 14-year-old, girl it emerged yesterday.

Alasdair Garven, 65, of Loxton Drive, Twerton, Bath, bowed his head and closed his eyes, as Jurats unanimously found him guilty on all 10 counts of historic child abuse.

He had denied five counts of committing acts of gross indecency, as well as five of indecently assaulting girls under the age of 16 between 1970 and 1977.

The offences, against four girls, took place at his former homes on the Rectory Hill and Le Picquerel estates, and at another property in the Castel.

The youngsters’ ages were estimated to be between four and nine at the time and all gave evidence for the prosecution.