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Jun 06, 2014 By Natasha Adkins
A jury at Reading Crown Court returned their final verdicts on nine counts of indecent assault shortly after 1pm today.
Brian Spence, of Nursery Close, Hook, stood trial for nine indecent assault charges involving four girls aged between 10 and 15.
The jury of nine men and three women returned unanimous guilty verdicts on four counts shortly before 2.20pm yesterday afternoon, before delivering three majority guilty verdicts today.
On the final two counts the jury were not able to reach a decision. The Crown Prosecution Service said they did not want a retrial but asked that the charges lie on file.
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