A jury has today acquitted a millionaire from Guernsey accused of historic sex offences.
Edward Allan Hughes-Jones faced nine charges dating back between 1984 and 1987 involving two young girls aged under 12.
He was found not guilty for each of the nine counts.
The jury of seven men and five women at Mold Crown Court unanimously came to the verdict after a retirement of almost three hours.
The 69-year-old of La Fosse, Rue Jacquesguille, St Martin, who was born in Llandudno and won £8.2m on the lottery in December 1999 has been on trial since Monday, August 17.
Mr Recorder R J Philpotts today told him he had been acquitted by the jury and could leave the dock immediately.
Two charges of indecent assault and a charge of indecency with a child related to one of the girls and were claimed to have happened in the Cornwall area.
Four indecent assault charges, two charges of indecency with a child and one count of rape related to another girl and were alleged to have happened in Conwy.
During the trial, Hughes-Jones who had worked as an electrical engineer and been involved in building said between 1984 to 1986, he was busy travelling to and from Berlin for work.
It was during that period when some of the abuse was alleged to have happened.
He denied committing any act of gross indecency with one of the girls in Cornwall, and insisted he had been at another location.
Asked whether other allegations concerning the second girl happened, he replied "absolutely not".
It was the prosecution’s case that the first complainant had been left “feeling dirty and terrified” after claiming to have been sexually abused by Hughes-Jones.
The defendant moved from Cornwall, to Colwyn Bay, which was when the second complainant was abused by him, the trial heard.
It was after a second girl made a complaint to police in 2017 that an investigation was launched.
Then in 2019, the first complainant made her complaint to the police.
