A former prison officer and church minister has been revealed as possibly the most prolific sex offender in British criminal history.

Sunday school teacher and scout troop leader Neville Husband carried out the wholesale rape and abuse of boys at a detention centre from 1969 to 1985 – committing at least 388 offences.

But a report by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman released today reveals that it is likely Husband raped many more in previous and subsequent roles.

It means he is likely to have committed even more offences than the 450 attributed to Jimmy Savile.

The former prison caterer, who died in 2010, made the kitchens at Medomsley Detention Centre in County Durham a living hell for the ‘trainees’ – aged 17 – 21 – who had been sent to the institution for their often minor offendi

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