A FORMER Bodmin man, jailed for 18 years for rape and child cruelty, was likened to a notorious Charles Dickens' character by a court judge.Judge Christopher Harvey Clark, QC, said Steven Crump was similar to the one-eyed, brutal Yorkshire schoolmaster Wackford Squeers from the author's famous novel Nicholas Nickleby.Crump, 38, was appearing for sentence at Truro Crown Court last Wednesday after being found guilty of all 13 charges he faced.The court previously heard that Crump, of Beacon Road,...
