Jail for social worker at the centre of paedophile ring

A paedophile social worker who spanked and raped children in one of Britain’s worst cases of care home sex abuse has been jailed for eight years. Patrick Grant, 69, carried out a series of depraved attacks on four lads aged between 10 and 13, between 1976 and 1981. The abuse happened at four different children’s homes – including the notorious Rowan House in Shirley Oaks, Croydon, south London. He was arrested in March 2015 after he was named as a…