Smyth, a barrister who ran Christian youth camps, abused at least 115 children and young men across three countries ... “There was a cloud hanging over John Smyth and his activities from way ...

George Ness repeatedly battered John Smyth, 63, with a wooden plank in a backyard in Wallsend, then searched his dying victim's pockets to steal his phone, Newcastle Crown Court heard. The 41-year ...

A friend of murdered John Smyth has today told of his devastation ... especially with it being a young woman." Gordon has previously told the Chronicle how he met John when they were both ...

When 63-year-old John Smyth, who was visiting Bridie, bravely went outside to try chase him away, he was battered to death with a piece of wood. Now Ness, 41, of Avon Avenue, North Shields ...

Twenty two young men groomed and ritually beaten over many years, supposedly to purge them of their sins: one even attempted suicide. The alleged perpetrator – eminent QC John Smyth – ran a ...

M ore than 100 children and young men were subjected to horrific abuse by barrister John Smyth QC, a former figure in the ...

Despite the efforts of police and medics, the victim, John Smyth, was pronounced dead at the scene. A major investigation was immediately launched by Northumbria Police and shortly after officers ...

John Smyth QC is believed to be the most prolific ... brutal and horrific" abuse perpetrated against more than 120 boys and young men by Smyth at Christian camps from the late 1970s in England ...

The long-awaited report was released in November and detailed "the prolific, brutal and horrific" abuse perpetrated against more than 120 boys and young men by Smyth at Christian camps from the ...