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A man aged 73 has been unmasked as a child sex abuser and jailed - decades on from his appalling crimes.

Police said Michael John Worton, from Swinton , Salford , 'preyed on vulnerable young children while he worked in positions of trust in the local community'. He was described by Greater Manchester Police detectives after a court sentencing hearing as a 'despicable man'.

Worton, a court heard, was convicted after five men came forward to report abuse they suffered as children in the 1970s and 1980s, when he worked on a farm and at a children's home. He's now been locked up for three years, with a further three years on license.

Police, meanwhile, said they believe there may be further victims who haven't come forward, and issued an appeal.

Worton, of Moss Collier

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