Olympic diver jailed over sex abuse

A former Olympic diving star has been jailed for nine years after he sexually abused schoolgirls as young as six.

Brian Phelps took the bronze medal in the 1960 Rome Olympics when he was aged 16 and then gold in the 1962 and 1966 Commonwealth Games.

The 64-year-old went on to work as a gymnastics and trampoline instructor at a club in Poole, Dorset, which he founded with his wife, Monica.

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