After two trials Mr Donnelly was convicted on 18 June 2009 of five counts of rape, 13 counts of indecent assault and one count of procuring an act of gross indecency. He was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment on 21 August 2009.

Mr Wateridge was convicted on 20 August 2009 of 11 counts of indecent assault and one count of common assault. He was sentenced on 21 September 2009 to two years imprisonment.

The two appellants will be represented by Advocate Michael Preston. The prosecution will be represented by Crown Advocate Stephen Baker.

The jury, made up of 10 men and two women, convicted Mr Wateridge of nine out of 21 counts against which he was charged.

He was found guilty of eight counts of indecent assault and one count of assault. He was found not guilty of 11 counts of indecent assault and one count of incitement to indecent assault.

After the jury had delivered their verdicts on all 21 counts, the judge Commissioner Sir Christopher Pitchers, told Mr Wateridge that a custodial sentence is likely as Mr Wateridge had held a “position of trust” at the former children’s home.

The counts relate to offences that took place at the Haut de la Garenne children’s home in the Parish of St Martin in Jersey in the early 1970s where Mr Wateridge was a house parent.

Sentencing is likely to take place in September.