Debbie Burley told the BBC her grandfather, Arthur James Emberton, also went through electric shock therapy.
She only found out about 20 years ago what he had been through, long after he had died.
He had been a respected businessman from Cheshire, running his own cheese company.
In 1965, aged 61, he appeared at Nantwich magistrates’ court after being charged with indecent assault. He had been caught kissing a boy in a doorway.
The court heard he was given probation on the condition that he sought medical treatment.
Court documents show that treatment had already begun before he was sentenced.
According to Debbie, Arthur’s wife divorced him, he was forced out of the family business – which was later sold – and spent much of the rest of his life living alone in YMCA accommodation.
While the documents do not indicate what treatment he received, family members later learned he had gone through electric shock aversion therapy.
Debbie said the consequences were catastrophic.
“He never rebuilt his life,” she said. “He carried that shame for the rest of his life.
“As an adult, I now understand the enormous injustice done to him,” she said.
“He was wronged by the state, the medical system and the attitudes of the time.”
