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Paedophile who abused and raped children found dead in prison ahead of sentencing
FirstpostLondon: A couple in England were arrested for torturing hungry children, forcing them to search for food in bins in supermarket, locking them in cupboards and pushing them to take showers and baths in boiling hot water. Andrew Hadwin was found guilty in January of three counts of rape, seven counts of neglect and one count of perverting the course of justice. The Ministry of Justice said that HMP Duhram prisoner Andrew Hadwin died on 2 February and “as with all deaths in custody”, his death will be investigated by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman. When the abuse was uncovered, the couple hatched a plot to hide their tracks and wrote fake letters from the children saying: “We are sorry, we told lies”. “Hadwin and Pickles subjected several vulnerable children to multiple forms of abuse, robbing them of their childhood, and undoubtedly leaving them with psychological wounds which they may never truly recover from," Detective Constable Kat Pudney, Durham Constabulary’s Safeguarding Unit, said.
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