A councillor allegedly abused four children in incidents which left youngsters “frozen with fear”, a court heard.
Vale of Glamorgan councillor Anthony Hampton is accused of indecently assaulting two boys and two girls with allegations including that he licked, massaged, and rubbed himself against them.
The 74-year-old, of Fforest Drive in Barry, denies all the allegations and is standing trial at Cardiff Crown Court.
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Hampton is accused of a total of 20 counts of indecently assaulting children at time periods between the late 1970s and the mid-1990s.
The offences relate to four different complainants – two girls who were aged under 16 at the time of the alleged offences and two boys who were aged under 16 and under 14 respectively.
Opening the case on Tuesday prosecutor Roger Griffiths told the jury how the defendant is a councillor for Vale of Glamorgan Council.
Mr Griffiths explained how one of the male complainants alleged that the defendant had pressed his crotch area into his arm. The other male complaint alleged that Hampton had put his hands on his chest and massaged it, asking him whether “he liked that” and causing the boy to become “frozen through fear”. There was also allegedly an incident where Hampton licked him on the neck and made groaning noises, the court was told.
One female complainant has alleged that Hampton pressed his crotch area behind her shoulders and made a self-satisfied noise while the other alleged he had climbed on top of her and kissed her neck and rubbed his groin into hers.
As a result of a news report of the allegations in 2019 by two of the complainants two others came forward to make their own allegations, the court heard.
Mr Griffiths said: “The defendant denied acting improperly and rang the police later on and said he had a medical condition which stopped him carrying out the act as described.”
The trial continues.
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