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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...