A jury has found a vicar guilty of repeatedly beating a woman with a bamboo stick over a decade-long period of abuse.
Hilary Alflatt was convicted at Hull Crown Court after being declared unfit to attend his own trial because he has dementia
Hilary Alflatt, 87, was accused of treating his victim like a slave and was said to have told her not to look at her ‘master’ when he worked at a church in Sheffield during the 1980s. Alflatt, previously known as Malcolm, now has dementia and was unfit to take part in his trial at Hull Crown Court.In police interviews, Alflatt had agreed some of the alleged incidents did take place but said they were consensual.
In her closing speech Louise Reevell, prosecuting, said: ‘This case is not about an affair and consent, it’s about power, control, depravity and sadism on his part.’ In reply, Kathryn Pitters, defending, had said: ‘They formed a romantic relationship and although some of the proceedings that took place may make you raise an eyebrow, the reality, as he puts it, was, “you don’t know what goes on behind closed doors between two consenting adults”.’Alflatt branded the vulnerable woman with a hot needle.
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