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‘Oldest gay in the village’ gets apology for gay conviction after 43 year battle
A 93-year-old man has received an apology for his homosexual conviction after a 43 year long battle. George Montague, dubbed the ‘oldest gay in the village’, has been given an “abject apology” in a letter from the Home Office. Mr Montague was convicted in 1974 of gross indecency with a man and has fought ever since for an apology. The government pardoned thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted under historic anti-gay laws earlier this year, but Mr montague argued...
