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Too old to be dangerous?

From his white beard, to the wheelchair, to the uncontrollable shaking caused by Parkinson’s, everything about Wayne Chapman, 71, screamed frailty.

He was an old, infirm man. He looked as if he should be at home in his favourite armchair, slippers on, watching a black-and-white film.

He looked out of place in the courtroom – but looks can be deceptive. Because There was nothing innocent about Chapman – he’d spent the last 40 years in prison.

In 1977, he’d been convicted of luring young

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