A jury at Winchester Crown Court hears allegations involving former Royal Navy petty officer Allan Grimson, who is linked to offences in the late 1990s. Prosecutors say that after Grimson was convicted and jailed in 2001 for the murders of Nicholas Wright, 18, and Sion Jenkins, 20, he also sexually assaulted four other boys and men.
Grimson was previously sentenced to life imprisonment for killing Wright and Jenkins at his flat above shops in Portsmouth, Hampshire, in 1997 and 1998. In the current case, the jury is told that prosecutors are relying on further accusations that, during a similar period and in comparable circumstances, Grimson sexually assaulted four males, with allegations involving people as young as 14.
The outlets describe the court proceedings as testimony being presented to support these additional charges, which are separate from the earlier murder convictions. The reports focus on what the jury is being told about the alleged assaults and the prior background of the murder case, without detailing the outcome of the present trial.
