:00:00. > :00:10.A serial child sex abuser who admitted his crimes to the RUC
:00:11. > :00:12.but has never been brought to justice has been
:00:13. > :00:18.75-year-old Henry Clarke confessed in 1985 to abusing three
:00:19. > :00:24.He has been living in Canada now for over 30 years.
:00:25. > :00:28.Our investigations reporter Kevin Magee went there to confront him.
:00:29. > :00:31.After flying to Canada, we took to the road and drove
:00:32. > :00:35.for hundreds of miles north, leaving the major cities behind,
:00:36. > :00:38.searching for the church pastor who emigrated
:00:39. > :00:42.The trail eventually took us to the edge of the Canadian
:00:43. > :00:44.wilderness, a vast tract of land that stretches
:00:45. > :00:54.After travelling 4,000 miles, it was time to make contact.
:00:55. > :01:03.I think it would be really worthwhile if you and I could
:01:04. > :01:10.We met up and he agreed to speak to me.
:01:11. > :01:14.This is the first time he's been challenged publicly about abusing
:01:15. > :01:17.young boys in his care at three different children's homes
:01:18. > :01:23.where he worked in Northern Ireland in the late 60s and 70s.
:01:24. > :01:26.One of his victims was a 12-year-old boy at the former Bawnmore
:01:27. > :01:31.How many children did you abuse in Bawnmore?
:01:32. > :01:35.I remember one and I remember it quite well.
:01:36. > :01:38.And this happened in your parent's house.
:01:39. > :01:41.You brought a vulnerable child to your parent's home.
:01:42. > :01:46.You introduced him to your parents and then abused him in their house.
:01:47. > :01:54.Other than I saw an opportunity and I took it.
:01:55. > :01:57.Back in Belfast, we found the boy he abused.
:01:58. > :02:00.As a victim, he waived his right to anonymity.
:02:01. > :02:10.Anybody who says they do needs their head looked at.
:02:11. > :02:18.He was in his own mother and father's house.
:02:19. > :02:21.And for him to get into bed beside me and do what he done.
:02:22. > :02:24.He should be in hell, seriously, he should be.
:02:25. > :02:27.Why should I be in hell on my own and I was the victim?
:02:28. > :02:31.In 1985, while visiting Northern Ireland, Henry Clarke
:02:32. > :02:33.was questioned by the police and confessed to abusing Billy
:02:34. > :02:44.We were on holiday in Belfast and two detectives frmo the RUC came
:02:45. > :02:52.to talk with me and on that day, I admitted to them what I had done.
:02:53. > :02:59.I admitted I had interfered with a boy at Bawnmore,
:03:00. > :03:10.From there, he made a further admission.
:03:11. > :03:13.He wrote to the RUC telling them he'd abused a third boy.
:03:14. > :03:18.This time, a Boys Brigade camp in Newcastle, County Down.
:03:19. > :03:26.When I was in Northern Ireland, I omitted to mention a boy that
:03:27. > :03:31.I had interfered with sexually, and I wanted to deal
:03:32. > :03:36.with everything, and so I wrote to them and admitted
:03:37. > :03:39.that there was another boy that I had missed,
:03:40. > :03:42.or omitted, telling them about, and asked them to take
:03:43. > :03:52.Well, I realised, at that time, that my behaviour was wrong
:03:53. > :04:01.And I believe that, in my mind, I would probably finish up
:04:02. > :04:05.going to prison or something of that nature, but there
:04:06. > :04:13.No charges were ever brought against him.
:04:14. > :04:16.So, Henry Clarke having admitted child sex abuse to the authorities,
:04:17. > :04:20.not once but twice, expected something to happen.
:04:21. > :04:31.I'll be looking for answers on tomorrow evening's programme.
:04:32. > :04:34.There are organisations offering information and support to anyone
:04:35. > :04:37.affected by the sexual abuse of children.
:04:38. > :04:54.Their details are on the BBC's Actionline.
:04:55. > :04:56.The Public Prosecution Service is considering appealing
:04:57. > :05:00.against the sentences given to a couple from Craigavon
:05:01. > :05:03.for horrific abuse against a woman with learning difficulties.
:05:04. > :05:07.They kept her as a virtual prisoner in their home for eight years.
:05:08. > :05:11.Keith Baker was sentenced to 15 years in jail, while his wife
:05:12. > :05:15.was given 18 months in jail. Gordon Adair reports.
:05:16. > :05:17.Just how was Keith Baker able to keep and abuse
:05:18. > :05:20.a vulnerable woman, known as she was to the police
:05:21. > :05:24.and social services in England, for eight years?
:05:25. > :05:29.Ask those who knew him and knew the family set-up described in court
:05:30. > :05:34.as "grossly unconventional" and one word keeps cropping up - "control."
:05:35. > :05:36.It was Baker's second partner, Mandy Highfield, who brought
:05:37. > :05:39.the abuse to an end just before Christmas 2012.
:05:40. > :05:42.Baker had gone to England and she took the chance
:05:43. > :05:45.to escape from his control, something that for years, she told
:05:46. > :05:52.If you wanted to go to the toilet, you'd have to tell him that
:05:53. > :05:56.you wanted to go to the toilet and he would get somebody to stand
:05:57. > :05:58.at the bottom of the stairs to make sure you didn't go
:05:59. > :06:03.If you wanted to make a cup of coffee, you had to tell him
:06:04. > :06:07.you were making a cup of coffee and he'd come and stand there, just
:06:08. > :06:12.You couldn't do nothing without tellng him,
:06:13. > :06:19.The woman was reported missing to Suffolk police
:06:20. > :06:50.Suffolk Constabulary gave us this statement:
:06:51. > :06:53.Lord Morrow has been following this case since 2014.
:06:54. > :06:56.He has written many letters and tabled many questions, but says
:06:57. > :07:05.Now he wants an inquiry into what went wrong.
:07:06. > :07:09.We need to know why this was allowed to continue for so many years, it
:07:10. > :07:13.seems to be that one department doesn't know what the other is doing
:07:14. > :07:17.and there has been no joined up thinking or strategy.
:07:18. > :07:20.It is time some questions were asked.
:07:21. > :07:22.I would hope that these agencies, including
:07:23. > :07:26.the police, will take a look at themselves now and reflect
:07:27. > :07:28.on this and I suspect when they do that
:07:29. > :07:31.they will come up with the answer, that we could have
:07:32. > :07:33.and should have done better here.
:07:34. > :07:35.This evening it emerged prosecutors are considering
:07:36. > :07:42.appealing against the sentences handed down to the Bakers yesterday.
:07:43. > :07:44.They said the PPS is considering if there
:07:45. > :07:49.sentences handed down in this case to the Court of Appeal on the
:07:50. > :08:05.grounds they may have been unduly lenient.
:08:06. > :08:12.The PNS I have arrested a prisoner who has been missing for a month. He
:08:13. > :08:14.was mistakenly released by the prison service. He was charged with
:08:15. > :08:20.a murderer. -- murderer. An extra ?11 million will be
:08:21. > :08:22.invested in Northern Ireland by the BBC over
:08:23. > :08:25.the next three years. The director general Tony Hall,
:08:26. > :08:27.who made the announcement in Belfast today, said it was the biggest
:08:28. > :08:30.single investment the BBC has made Our arts correspondent
:08:31. > :08:33.Robbie Meredith has more. As of now, we are investigating
:08:34. > :08:35.Ros Huntley's charging Today's investment should
:08:36. > :08:41.mean more of this. This is what our younger
:08:42. > :08:55.audiences want, more but the second area
:08:56. > :08:59.is a 50% increase in the money spent in Northern Ireland
:09:00. > :09:05.for Northern Ireland services, more the money spent in Northern Ireland
:09:06. > :09:08.for Northern Ireland services. So good news, but the most recently
:09:09. > :09:10.published accounts for BBC Northern Ireland show that it
:09:11. > :09:13.brought in ?99 million in licence But that just over ?73 million
:09:14. > :09:17.was spent by the BBC here in return. So are local licence fee payers
:09:18. > :09:19.being short changed? Part of what we are paying
:09:20. > :09:22.for is the entire BBC. You are paying for the sports
:09:23. > :09:25.rights for the FA Cup, the World Service, the entirety
:09:26. > :09:32.of the UK's output of the BBC. The BBC is also renewing
:09:33. > :09:35.a partnership with Northern Ireland Screen, which will mean hits
:09:36. > :09:38.like The Fall and Line Of Duty That was the most watched drama
:09:39. > :09:45.on BBC Two ever and has now It is on air and will come
:09:46. > :09:49.back and be made in More returning series
:09:50. > :09:53.and drama, children's comedy, factual, film, all of those areas,
:09:54. > :09:57.which are not only of importance for the audience to consume but I
:09:58. > :10:03.helpful in terms of developing The BBC has announced
:10:04. > :10:10.much more substantial additional effort in
:10:11. > :10:14.Wales, and Scotland. Given the scrutiny over
:10:15. > :10:17.how the BBC spends the license fee, the
:10:18. > :10:20.fact that more of it will be staying Golf now, and the final day
:10:21. > :10:31.of practice for the US Masters in Georgia was cut short due
:10:32. > :10:33.to bad weather today. Rory McIlroy is the only Northern
:10:34. > :10:36.Ireland golfer invited this year. A win for Rory McIlroy
:10:37. > :10:40.at golf's most iconic tour would be
:10:41. > :10:45.a career grand slam. It would be a lifelong
:10:46. > :11:01.dream, to be the best I have done most of that and this
:11:02. > :11:05.would honestly complete that. It would put me in a
:11:06. > :11:08.place in golf history that very few people
:11:09. > :11:09.have gone before. I realise that, but I have to park
:11:10. > :11:12.that someone else this week and just try to win
:11:13. > :11:14.this golf tournament. I have to treat it
:11:15. > :11:17.as a single goal and I want to win a green
:11:18. > :11:20.jacket and that would be the same whether I am
:11:21. > :11:24.going for a slam or my first major. McIlroy was one of just the few
:11:25. > :11:30.golfers to squeeze in nine holes and a very
:11:31. > :11:32.early practice this morning before the threat
:11:33. > :11:33.of thunder and lightning meant it
:11:34. > :11:35.had to be evacuated. If McIlroy is to try
:11:36. > :11:38.and win the Masters at his ninth attempt, it's not
:11:39. > :11:40.just the mental pressure and the expectation he will have
:11:41. > :11:56.to battle but the windy Hello. We still have a lot of dry
:11:57. > :12:01.weather in the forecast at the moment because we have high pressure
:12:02. > :12:06.in charge. That was centred to the south-west today which meant we had
:12:07. > :12:11.a flow along the northern edge of the Atlantic which brought some
:12:12. > :12:15.applied, some showers this morning. Tonight, the cloud is closing in a
:12:16. > :12:19.little bit and could become thick enough for odd patches of drizzle,
:12:20. > :12:24.particularly over high ground towards the north but many places
:12:25. > :12:29.still dry and it is a mild night. Temperatures settling between six
:12:30. > :12:34.and 8 degrees. Tomorrow, workload and large amounts of it, but a
:12:35. > :12:38.mainly dry day. Any drizzle first thing will die away fairly quickly
:12:39. > :12:42.but it is quite a cloudy start to the day. And across much of Britain
:12:43. > :12:48.and Ireland, we are looking at a fair amount of close, some dry
:12:49. > :12:51.weather to. Wet and quite windy, blustery winds, if you showers
:12:52. > :12:56.coming into the west of Scotland. Other than that a cloudy day but
:12:57. > :13:01.some bright spells coming through here and there. Highs in the south
:13:02. > :13:06.into the mid-teens. Average temperatures in Northern Ireland
:13:07. > :13:09.1112 degrees. Possibly higher in a sheltered part of the east if we do
:13:10. > :13:16.get something towards brighter the end of the day. As we head towards
:13:17. > :13:22.the weekend, perhaps some rain edging in later on Sunday, it is
:13:23. > :13:24.largely dry until then. Variable cloud and bright and sunny spells.
:13:25. > :13:27.Our next BBC Newsline is at 6.25 in the morning
:13:28. > :13:32.during Breakfast here on BBC One. Goodnight.