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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.
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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. Aubin had told police in an 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.The court heard he suffered "serious sexual abuse" at the children's home in St Martin.
At 14 years old, he would not have been equipped to show the same restraint as an adult Commissioner Julian Clyde-Smith
Passing a sentence of two years' probation, presiding judge Commissioner Julian Clyde-Smith said the court had to consider how Aubin would have been dealt with in the late-1970s, as a 14-year-old.
"The court would have been faced with a boy aged 14 years old, with all the mitigation that goes with youth," he said.
"He would have been brought up in the institutional environment. He would have been presented as a victim of serious sexual abuse himself.
"Although these offences were serious, they were not the most serious level of the scale.
"At 14 years old, he would not have been equipped to show the same restraint as an adult."
Aubin had been held in custody since his arrest in May 2008 - equivalent to a 19-month prison sentence.