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| Briton Simon Harris guilty of Kenyan child abuse | Briton Simon Harris guilty of Kenyan child abuse |
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| A British former public school teacher has been found guilty of sexually abusing street children in Kenya. | |
| Simon Harris was found guilty of seven charges of indecent and sexual assault on the youngsters in Gilgil. | |
| He was also convicted at Birmingham Crown Court of four counts of possessing indecent images of children. | He was also convicted at Birmingham Crown Court of four counts of possessing indecent images of children. |
| The trial jury cleared Harris, 55, of Pudleston, near Leominster, Herefordshire of seven charges, including rape. | The trial jury cleared Harris, 55, of Pudleston, near Leominster, Herefordshire of seven charges, including rape. |
| Judge Philip Parker QC told the jury he would accept majority verdicts on five remaining counts against the defendant. | Judge Philip Parker QC told the jury he would accept majority verdicts on five remaining counts against the defendant. |
| Harris had faced 23 charges in total, including 18 allegations relating to assaults. | |
| Charity abuse | |
| The offences were committed while Harris was running a gap year charity he set up in the East African country in the 1990s. | |
| During his trial prosecutors said he lured street boys to his home, known locally as "The Green House", by offering them food and shelter. | |
| Before the trial, Harris admitted six offences of indecent assault against three boys aged between 13 and 14 when he was a teacher at Shebbear College, Devon, in the 1980s. | |
| He had originally faced 22 charges relating to assaults in Kenya, but Judge Philip Parker QC told jurors four had been removed from the indictment mid-trial. |