Neville Husband committed hundreds of offences while working at facility in County Durham from 1969 to 1985
A man who worked as a prison officer and caterer in a youth detention centre was able to rape and torture boys for three decades while the abuse was “ignored and dismissed”, according to a report labelling him as possibly Britain’s worst ever sex offender.
Neville Husband carried out at least 368 sexual offences against young men and boys between 1969 and 1985 while working at Medomsley detention centre in County Durham, but is believed have committed hundreds more crimes, taking the total past the 450 committed by Jimmy Savile.
Adrian Usher, the prisons and probation ombudsman for England and Wales, has compiled a 202-page report on the conduct of staff at Medomsley from 1961 to 1987, in which he describes Husband as “possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history”.
Husband, a former church minister and scout troop leader who died in 2010, is thought to have groomed and attacked hundreds of trainees in Medomsley’s kitchens, where he worked.
