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| A man who sexually abused boys at a Jersey care home when he was a teenage resident there in the 1970s has been sentenced to two years probation. | A man who sexually abused boys at a Jersey care home when he was a teenage resident there in the 1970s has been sentenced to two years probation. |
| Michael Aubin, 46, of Southampton, admitted two counts of indecent assault and two of gross indecency on children under 10 at Haut de la Garenne. | Michael Aubin, 46, of Southampton, admitted two counts of indecent assault and two of gross indecency on children under 10 at Haut de la Garenne. |
| The Jersey-born cleaner was aged 14 to 16 when he abused two young boys who were aged between eight and 10. | The Jersey-born cleaner was aged 14 to 16 when he abused two young boys who were aged between eight and 10. |
| He pleaded guilty to the four charges at Jersey's Royal Court last month. | He pleaded guilty to the four charges at Jersey's Royal Court last month. |
| Aubin, a resident at Haut de la Garenne from the age of three, is the first person to be convicted following a wide-ranging police investigation into historic child abuse on the island. | Aubin, a resident at Haut de la Garenne from the age of three, is the first person to be convicted following a wide-ranging police investigation into historic child abuse on the island. |
| It centred on the Haut de la Garenne care home and police amassed a list of 40 suspects after scores of people came forward claiming they were sexually and physically abused there. | It centred on the Haut de la Garenne care home and police amassed a list of 40 suspects after scores of people came forward claiming they were sexually and physically abused there. |
| Aubin had told police in interview that he himself had been a victim of abuse while resident at the home. | |
| The court heard he suffered "serious sexual abuse" at the children's home in St Martin. |