QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
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B e f o r e :
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WCC |
Claimant |
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ALLAN STEER |
Defendant |
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The Defendant appeared in person
Hearing dates: 25 – 27th February 2019
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His Honour Judge Graham Wood QC:
Introduction
Background
Criminal Proceedings
Evidence
Abuse as a 6 year old
Number of times stayed over
Layout of bedroom
En-suite bathroom
Meetings in the park
The Defendant's evidence on collusion/provenance of the allegations
Reporting the abuse to mother/others
The psychiatric evidence
Findings as to abuse and causation of injury
Assessment
PSLA
Aggravated damages
Special Damages
Interest
Conclusion
Note 1 For ease of reference, I deal with the specifics of the allegations/incidents of sexual abuse under the heading of "criminal proceedings" to align those incidents with each relevant count in the indictment. [Back] Note 2 Because these offences all occurred over 30 years ago, the charges arose from earlier legislation, the Sexual Offences Act 1956, and the Indecency with Children Act 1960. [Back] Note 3 Mr Steer insisted that the claimant had told Dr Taronto that she had stayed over 57 times, although I was not taken to the particular reference in a report which recorded this. The only one I have seen confirmed “20 to 30 times”. It may be that it emerged in the counselling records after 2015, but once again I have not seen any reference to “57 times”.
[Back] Note 4 It is this which is costed in the special damages.
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