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Biggest UK public inquiry into child abuse opens

Public hearings into allegations of historical child abuse in church and state-run homes in Northern Ireland have begun. The inquiry is the biggest into historical allegations of abuse to occur in the UK.

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Abuse survivor pictured at care home

Margaret McGuckin, who went into care at the age of three, said that the abuse she suffered started almost immediately.

She said: "I'd be beaten, trailed around and be near drowned in baths or with disinfectant. To be slapped and beaten with hard canes... and be locked in dark cupboards and rooms for hours."

Margaret McGuckin went into care at the age of three.

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