Council: 'Children in our care should have been safe.. and in the 1980's they were not'

“We welcome the jury's verdict and the conviction of a serious offender who betrayed his position of trust towards children in his care during the 1980s.

We are pleased that Logins has been brought to justice and that the courage, bravery and persistence of the victims will be recognised with a substantial custodial sentence.

Children in our care should have been safe and protected and the Logins trial heard that in the 1980s they were not. For that we sincerely apologise.

The safety and wellbeing of children and young people in our care is our highest priority and we will continue to do everything we can to protect them from any individuals who seek to harm them.

These offences took place more than 30 years ago and it is important to assure people that residential children’s homes of the 1980s bear no resemblance to those of today. Nowadays the safety and quality of care is closely monitored and independently reviewed by Ofsted and the Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children’s Board.

Historic abuse of children is a national issue as outlined by the Goddard Inquiry and over the coming years we will be co-operating fully with the Inquiry and the ongoing Nottinghamshire Police investigations to bring any other perpetrators like Logins to justice.

Abuse of children in any era is totally unacceptable and we would encourage anyone who has suffered abuse of any kind to come forward and report it to ourselves or to Nottinghamshire Police."