Michael Souter found guilty of child sex offences at Norwich Crown Court A former BBC radio presenter has been found guilty by a jury of a string of serious child sex offences. Ex-BBC Norfolk and former Radio Clyde broadcaster Michael Souter was on trial after pleading not guilty to a series of historic sex attacks on boys. The 60-year-old, of Loddon, Norfolk, denied 19 sex offences, including indecent assault, indecency with a child, and serious sexual offences, against seven boys aged between 11 and 16 between 1979 and 1999. But a jury at Norwich Crown Court on Thursday found Souter guilty of all counts following a trial lasting more than five weeks. Souter has also been found guilty of a further seven counts of making and possessing indecent images of young children which were found on a computer following his arrest. Souter, who was described as "a deviant sexual abuser of young boys, particularly boys in uniform and those wearing shorts" by prosecutor Andrew Shaw, had vowed to clear his name after being charged with the offences. He had insisted that none of the events happened and that the victims had falsely accused him or colluded against him. He also accused the police of putting indecent images on his computer after he was arrested in 2011. The jury of nine men and three women took around three hours to find the defendant guilty. Souter, who had previously been arrested in 1993 after one boy made a complaint of abuse, had no further action taken against him then or in 2002 when two further complaints were made. It was only in 2010 when police received another complaint from a man who gave details of other victims that progress was made in terms of investigating Souter who was later arrested in 2011 at his home in Loddon. Mr Shaw said those in authority over the years "made mistakes" in not proceeding with those matters and that this trial is "an opportunity to make good those mistakes." During the trial, Norwich Crown Court had heard the victims were often taken on trips, both in this country and abroad or given treats like trips to Norwich City matches or Pleasurewood Hills amusement park, near Lowestoft. Souter was also involved in the scout movement and was a mentor in a link-up scheme with Norfolk County Council, which put him in touch with vulnerable youngsters. Mr Shaw said: "The significance of his work and his involvement with the scouts and social services, is that these three roles brought Mr Souter into regular contact with pliable young boys and very often pliable young boys who were among society's most vulnerable." He added: "We say Mr Souter is a deviant sexual abuser of young boys, particularly boys in uniform and those wearing shorts."