
A former north Wales police chief has been found guilty of historical child sex offences. Gordon Anglesea, 79, from Old Colwyn, was convicted of one charge of indecent assault against one boy, and three charges of indecent assault against another. The jury at Mold Crown Court took more than a day to deliver its verdicts. Judge Geraint Walters told Anglesea "there can only be one sentence and that is a prison sentence". The jury found him not guilty of an alternative charge of serious sexual assault. He was granted bail until his sentencing hearing, which will take place at a date yet to be fixed. ADVERTISEMENT Anglesea, a former superintendent in the Wrexham area, had denied the charges, with his defence funded by the Police Federation. Ed Beltrami, chief prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service Wales, said Anglesea had been in "a position of power and authority in order to prey on very young and vulnerable victims" and praised those who gav...