The octogenarian Richard Burrows convicted of 97 crimes of child abuse after 30 years in the race

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Richard Burrows, a former 80 -year -old pension house teacher and explorers leader, has been convicted of almost 100 crimes, including multiple positions of child abuse.
According to the Guradiano, he committed these crimes for three decades, since the late 1960s until the mid -1990s. Burrows fled to Thailand in 1997 to avoid justice, but was finally arrested in 2023 when he ran out of money and returned to the United Kingdom.
His crimes took place while working at a Cheshire school for teenagers with problems and then as an exploration leader in West Midlands. In 1997, when he faced legal actions, he fled to Thailand, evading justice for almost three decades.
His past was reached in 2023 when he was arrested at Heathrow airport. The authorities had been tracking it for years and finally located it using facial recognition software. He had been living under a stolen identity in Phuket.

During his judgment at Chester Crown Court, Burrows admitted to having been a pedophile, but denied the most serious accusations. Of the 105 charges against him, he declared himself guilty of 43. The court finally considered him guilty of 54 more crimes, which brought the total count of convictions to 97. The charges included indecent assault, indecency with a child and a crime now classified as a violation.
Prosecutor Mark Connor KC said Burrows used their trust positions to exploit children for their own satisfaction. The Inspector Detective Eleanor Atkinson described him as a “prolific sexual offender” who did not show remorse.
In an email discovered, Burrows wrote that he had spent the last 30 years “living in paradise” in Thailand while his victims suffered silently.
Many of Burrows’ victims never saw justice, since four have died since then. Some survivors reported abuse at that time, but their claims were dismissed, which allowed Burrows to continue their crimes.
Burrows will be sentenced on April 7. Prosecutors expect their conviction to bring a certain closing measure to their victims.