One of Nottinghamshire's most notorious abusers Dean Gathercole abused his position as a deputy supervisor at a children's home in Carlton to groom and indecently assault Jane Yeo. Here she speaks to Legal Affairs Correspondent Rebecca Sherdley about her ordeal after waiving her right to anonymity.
Jane Yeo confesses she "adored" Dean Gathercole - the larger-than-life children's home worker - who went on to abuse her on a holiday at Centre Parcs in Nottinghamshire's Sherwood Forest. After Jane ended up at Carlton's First Avenue children's home at 13 following problems at home, everyone trusted she would be in a safe and caring environment.
But that could not have been further from the truth. For five decades, from the 1960s onwards, hundreds of youngsters were abused in children's homes and foster care in Nottinghamshire, and Jane was just one of them.
