Paedophile dies after being hit by train on the day trial was due to start
manchestereveningnews.co.ukreports the Liverpool Echo.The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file would be prepared for the coroner, British Transport Police said.A spokesman for the force later confirmed that the man had been formally identified and that his family had been informed.Jones, of Upton Grange in Widnes, had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent assault against a young girl, which took place in the late 1980s, when he was aged 17 or 18.However he denied two counts of raping the child and eight further counts of indecent assault, which were alleged to involve more serious sexual activity.That meant his victim had already endured the trauma of reliving her ordeal, when she was cross-examined by defence lawyers in a pre-recorded.
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