Abuse of Trust - Frank Beck and the Leicestershire Childrens' Homes Scandal (Paperback)

For the first time, two experienced journalist delve into the case of Frank Beck, a residential care home manager who sexually and physically abused more than 200 children in his care in a reign of terror that lasted fourteen years. The book relates the astonishing series of events by which a man with no relevant qualifications and against whom there were numerous complaints, was able for so long to wield absolute power over so many disturbed or delinquent children. Beck was convicted in 1992 and received five life sentences, but died mysteriously in prison.