Michelle Colborne KC, Laura McBride and Ella Embleton-Brown Prosecute Halifax Historic Care Home Abuse Case

A finding of facts trial was held at Bradford Crown Court after Malcolm Phillips, former manager of Skircoat Lodge in Halifax, was deemed unfit to stand trial. The jury found that Phillips had sexually abused six children between 1976 and 1994.

Linda Brunning stood trial and was convicted of indecent assault against one child and assisting Phillips in the abuse of another during the 1980s and 1990s. Brunning was told that she faced a substantial jail term when she appears for sentencing in April.

Former boss of Halifax Skircoat Lodge care home abused children for decades - BBC News