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| Artist Graham Ovenden guilty of indecency charges | Artist Graham Ovenden guilty of indecency charges |
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| A well-known artist from Cornwall has been found guilty of indecency against young girls. | |
| Graham Ovenden denied the charges, which dated back about 40 years, and were said to have occurred in London and Cornwall. | Graham Ovenden denied the charges, which dated back about 40 years, and were said to have occurred in London and Cornwall. |
| During the trial at Truro Crown Court the jury was shown examples of the 70-year-old's work, much of it involving children. | During the trial at Truro Crown Court the jury was shown examples of the 70-year-old's work, much of it involving children. |
| Ovenden was convicted on four counts of indecency and cleared on three. | Ovenden was convicted on four counts of indecency and cleared on three. |
| Judge Graham Cottle told the jury he would accept majority verdicts, of which at least 10 of them were agreed, on the remaining five charges - three of indecent assault and two of indecency with a child. | |
| A former pupil under Sir Peter Blake, Ovenden has had work exhibited in galleries across the globe. | |
| Ovenden, of Barley Splatt, near Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, was not present in court having been taken ill last week. | |
| He had denied all the charges relating to four children - now all adults - between 1972 and 1985. |