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British duo acquitted of paedophilia freed from Nagpur jail

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Posted: Jul 30, 2008 at 1842 hrs IST

Nagpur, July 30: Paedophilia accused British national Duncan Grant and Alan Waters were set free from the Nagpur Central Jail on Wednesday after the Bombay High Court acquitted them of charges last week.

In 2006, they were convicted by a lower court of sexual abuse at the Anchorage Shelter Home in Mumbai which is run by Grant.

“It is nice to be free but five years of humanitarian work with street children has gone to waste,” Grant said after walking out of the jail.

Waters said, “It feels great to walk as a free man again.” After their acquittal on July 23, the state had asked for a stay on their release so that they could appeal to the Supreme Court. But it was turned down by the High Court.

Grant and Waters said that they will not leave the country till they are acquitted by the Supreme Court and the Central Government allows them to go back to their homeland.

Both of them worked in various wards at the Nagpur Central Jail. Waters claimed to have computerised the entire jail data while Grant worked in the jail hospital and helped in treatment of inmates.

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