Judge Hilary Watson was asked by social workers responsible for child welfare to investigate a series of disturbing allegations made by a number of children. The investigation, following a court hearing in Coventry, found that children were made to perform “sexual activities” with each other and animals at a hotel.

The four children aged between eight and 14 were at the center of inquiries concerning activities that had been instigated by a man they knew. They said that they had traveled to Birmingham on a bus and indicated that the hotel where the acts had been performed was in the city.