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Church deacon John Grant sentenced to 8½ years

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  • John Grant, a church leader, was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison.
  • He was convicted on 11 counts: three sexual assault, six indecent assault, and two causing sexual activity without consent.
  • The offences, committed while he was a Deacon and Baptist minister, targeted youth groups and vulnerable men from 1970 to 2008.
  • He received indefinite sex-offender registration and a sexual harm prevention order after a three-week Wood Green trial.