June 2015 Child abuser, 75, jailed for life A 75-year-old Pembrokeshire man who abused three children over a 15-year period has been jailed for life. Reginald Henry Turner, from Pembroke Dock, carried out the sexual assaults between the early 1990s and 2008, Swansea Crown Court heard. He was found guilty on 15 May of 20 charges of historical sex abuse involving three different girls who were as young as six. Turner must serve a minimum of almost nine years before applying for parole. Judge Huw Davies QC said he continued to represent a danger and had expressed no remorse. The offences included four counts of rape involving two separate girls, indecent assault, indecency with a child and sexual touching. The court heard his three victims were not connected to each other and “they had no reason whatsoever to make up the allegations against him”. Patrick Griffiths, prosecuting, said Turner was arrested after one of the complainants, who is now a teenager, went to the police in 2013. When the media covered his first magistrates’ court appearance, other victims came forward. Mr Griffiths told the court one victim said: “From the age of five she never felt safe. She still suffers with nightmares.” He summarised a second victim’s statement: “The abuse started when she was a young, innocent child. She feels her innocence was taken off her. She gets flashbacks to what happened to her as a child.” May 2015 Haverfordwest pensioner guilty of sexual abuse is told to expect substantial prison sentence A 74 year-old man from Haverfordwest has been warned today (Friday) to expect a “substantial” prison sentence after a jury convicted him of sexually abusing children for 15 years. Reginald Henry Turner was found guilty of all the 20 charges remaining against him after a trial at Swansea crown court. Turner, of High Street Close, will be sentenced after a probation officer has prepared a report aimed at helping the judge to decide if he still poses a danger to the public, and to children in particular. Turner’s offences included four of rape—involving two separate girls—and indecent assault, indecency with a child and sexual touching. Turner showed no response as the foreman of the jury spoke “guilty” 20 times. The verdicts were all unanimous. The jury returned verdicts of not guilty on four lesser charges on the direction of the judge The jury heard how one of his victims eventually found the courage to make a complaint to police. A local newspaper report detailing Turner’s arrest and his first appearance in court was seen by a second victim and then a third, and they too made statements to police and gave evidence to the jury. Patrick Griffiths, prosecuting, had told the jury that Turner’s victims “had no reason whatsoever to make up the allegations against him.” The sexual assaults began in the early 1990s and stopped in about 2008. Although most of the charges involved his first victim it was his last victim who first made a complaint, added Mr Griffiths. Children, he told the jury during his opening address, were vulnerable and sometime found it impossible to prevent these sort of actions from taking place. “Children may not properly understand what is happening and may not say anything at the time to others for a variety of reasons. “They may feel fear and be embarrassed,” he said “But the memories may not be forgotten and later the victims may summon up the courage to tell others.” Some of the offending, added Mr Griffiths, took place when Turner lived in Gwilliam Court, Monkton. Turner gave evidence during the trial, and told the jury all the allegations were completely untrue. Following the verdicts, Judge Huw Davies warned Turner he would receive a substantial prison sentence at a hearing scheduled for June 5. Turner was immediately remanded into custody.