A NEWCASTLE Emlyn pensioner has been warned today he will serve years in jail after a jury convicted him of sexually abusing young girls.
Christopher James Tatton was told he would receive a substantial prison sentence despite being 72 years of age and in poor health.
Tatton, of Llandyfriog, was found guilty of multiple offences of indecent assault against three girls following a trial at Swansea crown court.
Tatton was convicted by majority verdicts and immediately remanded into custody.
Judge Paul Thomas warned him that a lengthy sentence would be the outcome but he needed to consider medical evidence before deciding on the term.
Tatton, who was once a volunteer on the Teifi Valley narrow gauge railway, had denied the charges and claimed the complaints had been invented.
Tatton will be sentenced on March 9.
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