South Shields man who carried out historic sex attacks deemed 'unfit to plead'

A man who carried out a series of historic sex attacks has not been sent to prison.

Terence Cram was found unfit to plead to the offences but a jury at Newcastle Crown Court concluded he did commit the acts he was accused of.

The case was heard at Newcastle Crown Court.placeholder image
The case was heard at Newcastle Crown Court.

The 59-year-old, of Salisbury Place, South Shields, was given an absolute discharge.

The offences he was found to have committed were two of indecent assault on a boy under 16, two of gross indecency with a boy under 16 and three of buggery with a boy under 16.

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