article_snippet: Three retired carers are accused of running a child sex ring for 30 years at a school for vulnerable children where 'abuse was almost the norm', a court has heard.
article_snippet: Colwyn Baker, David Hennessy and Nigel Putman David Hennessy and Nigel Putman Nigel Putman are said to have preyed on youngsters at the now defunct Swaylands School in Penshurst, Kent, between 1963 and 1993.
article_snippet: As well as the abuse allegedly committed by Trio, jurors were also told Colwyn Baker, David Hennessy and Nigel Putman allegedly encouraged Boys to commit sex acts on other children.
article_snippet: David Hennessey (pictured left) and Nigel Putman (right) are accused alongside Colwyn Baker, David Hennessy and Nigel Putman of sexually abusing youngsters at the now-defunct Swaylands School in Penshurst, Kent, between 1963 and 1993 .
highlights_snippet: Colwyn Baker, David Hennessy and Nigel Putman allegedly abused boys .
  
highlights_snippet: Three men were residential child care officers at Swaylands School in Kent .
  