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| Ex-royal butler admits child rape | Ex-royal butler admits child rape |
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| A former royal butler to the Queen has admitted child abuse offences, including raping boys and possessing pornographic images of children. | |
| Paul Kidd, 55, of Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to charges including indecent assault and sexual activity with a child. | |
| He also admitted possessing more than 18,000 indecent images of children. | He also admitted possessing more than 18,000 indecent images of children. |
| The charges relate to historic sexual abuse on three children, who were all under 16 when the offences took place. | |
| Another man, David Hobday, 56, of St Johns Street, Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child and possessing an indecent video of a child, when he appeared at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court. | Another man, David Hobday, 56, of St Johns Street, Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child and possessing an indecent video of a child, when he appeared at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court. |
| Kidd, of Castlehall View, is accused of nine counts of rape, four of gross indecency, two of indecent assault and three of sexual assault | |
| He worked as a butler from 1977 to 1979 and was senior footman to the Queen Mother from 1979 to 1984. | |
| Both men were remanded in custody and will be sentenced on 20 November. | Both men were remanded in custody and will be sentenced on 20 November. |