Sin and Temptation

John Arwyn Owen (1952–2001) was a children's author and director and is best known for his Welsh teen television drama Pam fi Duw (Why me God), a series of books and TV programmes which he wrote and directed. In 1995, 1997 and 1999 he won the Tir na n-Og Award for the best Welsh Language fiction book for Children. Owen was a former Drama teacher and Head of Lower school at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen near Pontypridd, South Wales. He was arrested for five serious sex offences in 2001 after four former pupils came forward. He killed himself before facing trial.