A DEPRAVED cabbie has been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years behind bars, after pleading guilty to 20 charges of indecently assaulting young children over almost 30 years.

Graham White, 54, of Chelmsford, who used to work for Allied Radio Cars in the town, was contracted by Essex County Council to drive youngsters in both Colchester and Chelmsford.

The offences, which occurred in the Seventies and the Nineties, involved five young people, including his sister Alison Chester, 44, who has waived her right to anonymity to speak about the abuse she endured.

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