UNITED KINGDOM
Western Morning News
A man accused of being part of a witches’ coven that sexually abused young girls more than 30 years ago has denied he was involved.
Father-of-nine Jack Kemp, 69, is charged along with his friend Peter Petrauske, 72, known as “German Pete” of a series of sex attacks on young girls.
The jury at Truro Crown Court has already heard prosecutors argue the abuse involved people in hooded robes, daggers and chanting at various large houses across west Cornwall.
After Petrauske was arrested, police seized long flowing robes with pendants, books on witchcraft, spells, a black leather whip, a gold and china dagger, black and red eye-masks and a black-handled sword from his house.
Petrauske, of The Beacon, and Kemp, of Grenville Road, both in Falmouth, deny all allegations.
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