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He was found not guilty in a courtroom trial but we'll never find out about whether other allegations were true because of several pay offs to certain parties to maintain their silence.

It was his wife who died not long afterwards , he ended up a penniless alcoholic and died after a short illness aged 72.

sorry , he was cleared of the charges and I have edited my post to reflect that. The Daily Mail reported that 2 girls were involved which could be why it went to court.

:thumbsup: ? Personally I think he may have been too pissed at the time of the incident to give a valid excuse and that was held against him.

Peter Adamson who played the character of Len Fairclough in Coronation Street was found not guilty of child sexual abuse in 1983 but the general public only found out about it after he had been cleared and the news splashed all over the front pages of the Sunday nationals. Allegations shouldn't...