By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent
Former care home boss John Allen has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 11 years.
For decades Allen, 73, ran children's homes in and around Wrexham, North Wales, and routinely subjected youngsters to sexual and violent abuse.
Last week, he was convicted by a jury at Mold Crown Court of committing historical sexual offences against 18 boys and one girl, aged between seven and 15, at his residential care properties between 1968 and 1991.
Many of his victims who had given evidence during the trial returned to the court today to see him sentenced.
In an exclusive interview last week, two of the men who were repeatedly abused in care told Sky News: "It is very significant for us all because it is a time to move on.
"I have already decided to move on, the words come easy but the actual actions will take some time," one of the men said.
The pair, who have both experienced a catalogue of problems in their adult lives revealed that other victims have recently come forward.
"I know people who have disclosed to me recently from Bryn Alyn who will never get the platform we had," one of the men said.
"We weren't just there for ourselves the platform was for others who are sadly no longer with us because they have took their own lives, or because they just couldn't muster the physical strength to go through the process.
"To be honest this process in some ways is far more difficult that the original abuse in the sense that I am dealing with it as a man and I am far more aware of it now."
It is the second time Allen has been convicted and sentenced at Mold Crown Court following a previous trial over "very similar" sexual offences in 1995.
Allen has also been accused of being involved in trafficking children between the homes and paedophile rings.
The National Crime Agency's Operation Pallial, which is leading the latest investigation into the North Wales care home scandal, has not found evidence of people trafficking.
Officers though continue to look at further allegations in north Wales and more suspects will stand trial in 2015.
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