The Region : Mistrial Declared in Molestation Case

A judge declared a mistrial in the molestation case of the owner of a private elementary school in the San Fernando Valley after jurors said they were deadlocked on charges that he fondled seven female students between 1978 and 1984. The jurors--at odds over the credibility of the child witnesses and over Campbell Hugh Greenup’s intent in placing them on his lap and caressing them--split on votes ranging from 9 to 3 in favor of guilt to 7 to 5 in favor of not guilty on 19 separate charges. Greenup, free on bail since shortly after his April, 1984, arrest, was accused of molesting girls aged 4 to 11.