Jailed child sex abuser Leslie Merton has been stripped forever of his status as a Cornish Bard after claiming in court that he had "sought to resign".Merton, 70, of Penryn Street, Redruth, was jailed this week for 13 years for a series of sexual assaults against young girls after being found guilty of 20 counts of indecent assault and indecency with a child.Sentencing Merton on Wednesday, Judge Christopher Harvey Clark, QC, said his offending over a 20-year period...
