Shrewsbury rapist, 82, facing jail after being found guilty of abuse in the 1980s
An 82-year-old rapist has been found guilty of sexually attacking a young girl multiple times over almost four years.
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John Hughes is facing prison time after a jury found him guilty of five counts of rape of a girl under the age of 16 at Shrewsbury Crown Court.
The charges relate to historic sexual abuse which took place at an address in Shrewsbury between January 1981 and December 1984.
The jury, who deliberated for around three hours, found Hughes not guilty of two further counts of rape.
Defence barrister Kevin Jones said that Hughes accepts the "inevitability" of what his sentence will be, and asked Judge Anthony Lowe to adjourn the sentence to a later date as there are "practicality issues" in terms of Hughes's health.
