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Paedophile who spent 27 years on the run guilty of dozens of child sexual abuse offences

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Richard Burrows found guilty of 97 offences, including dozens of historical child sexual abuse offences.

Burrows had admitted 43 offences - and denied 54 others.

He was arrested at Heathrow Airport on his return from Thailand on the eve of his 80th birthday last year .

He had previously admitted dozens of offences dating from the mid-1960s to mid-1990s .

Burrows has now been convicted. Some of his accusers died before seeing him finally face justice..

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