A former Royal Navy petty officer, Allan Grimson, is on trial at Winchester Crown Court facing accusations of sexually assaulting four teenage boys and one younger boy between 1994 and 1999. These alleged offenses occurred in similar circumstances to the murders for which Grimson is already serving a life sentence.
Grimson, 66, was convicted in 2001 for the murders of two sailors, Sion Jenkins, 18, and Nicholas Wright, 20. The court heard that Grimson had invited both sailors to his Portsmouth flat before killing them with a baseball bat. Their bodies were disposed of on dates exactly one year apart in the 1990s.
Prosecutors allege that Grimson committed the sexual assaults in the same flat around the same period as the killings. He is accused of 11 counts of indecent assault, one count of rape, and one count of taking indecent photographs of a child. Grimson denies all the current charges.
According to the prosecution, Grimson, who served in the Royal Navy and was an instructor, used his authority and status to come into contact with young males. The alleged victims were often lured to his flat after encounters at a Portsmouth nightclub called 'Joanna's,' the same venue where Grimson had met his murder victims.
One alleged victim testified that he felt safe enough to report the incidents only after Grimson was imprisoned for murder in 2001. He recounted Grimson attempting to kiss him in bed after a night out drinking, an advance he rejected. This victim also stated that Grimson once showed him his baseball bat, referring to it as his "pride and joy."
Another alleged victim, who was 14 in the spring of 1999, claims Grimson took photographs of him naked and became angry when asked to stop. This victim also recounted a trip to Disneyland Paris with Grimson and watching the 1999 FA Cup Final at Grimson's flat. He reported feeling threatened and believing Grimson might kill him if others were not present.
Grimson's flat and his mother's flat were searched, and images of naked men engaged in sexual activity were found on his computer. The trial, expected to last four weeks, continues.