British Airways has agreed to pay an undisclosed financial sum to
children who were sexually abused by one of the airline’s pilots.
He was accused of sexually abusing girls aged 5 to 13 between 2003
and 2013. The abuse took place in Uganda ,
Tanzania and Kenya in
hotels, orphanages and schools. A mother of some of the victims has said that
Wood showered her children with gifts before bathing them.
He was charged with one count of indecent assault of a minor, two counts
of making indecent photographs of minors and one count of possessing indecent
images of a minor.
11 days before he was due to appear in court in August 2013, he died when
he was hit by a train in an apparent suicide.
BA has said that although it is making the payments to Wood’s victims, it
denies liability.
Legal representatives of some of the victims have argued that BA is
responsible because the abuse took place whilst Wood was in the continent as
part of his work. BA would not disclose details regarding the payments.
Source: Independent.co.uk
No comments:
Post a Comment