Last month, McDermott pleaded guilty to indecent assault and gross indecency of an eighth victim.

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Former Centenier Ralph Mauger, 77, from Grouville, was charged with seven counts of indecent assault and one of inciting an act of gross indecency.

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In addition, Britten was homosexual at a time when "gross indecency" between consenting adults was a criminal offense in England (it remained so until 1967).

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Another gay man from Newcastle, who was fined more than two decades ago for gross indecency at the age of 20, said he was recently told by Northumbria Police that he would be arrested if he refused to provide a DNA sample.

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