article_snippet.sent: In February 2014 David Massingham was deemed unfit to stand trial back in February because of David Massingham memory loss and confused state.
article_snippet.sent: But a jury at Teesside Crown Court still heard David Massingham case and convicted David Massingham of ten indecent assaults and an offence of a serious sexual assault committed more than 30 years ago.
article_snippet.sent: David Massingham was also detained in a hospital.
article_snippet.sent: Gerald Longman was given an absolute discharge at Teesside Crown Court as David Massingham had been deemed unfit to stand trial due to dementia - but a jury listened to the facts and ruled David Massingham had committed the crimes.
article_snippet.sent: David Massingham was given a suspended sentence and banned from unsupervised contact with children after David Massingham defence argued David Massingham was suffering from korsakoff's syndrome, a form of dementia and was also an alcoholic, but claimed David Massingham was not a paedophile.