A teacher has appeared in court charged with sexually assaulting two boys. Joseph Haffenden, of High Street in Lindfield, West Sussex, also faces two counts of false imprisonment related to incidents between January and February this year. A Sussex Police spokesman...
A nursery worker has been found guilty of sexually abusing children in what was described in court as "every parent's nightmare". Nathan Bennett was convicted of two counts of rape, four counts of sexual assault, and two counts of assault by penetration. The charges...
A former manager at a children's home in West Yorkshire "used his power to isolate children" for him to abuse, a jury has heard. Malcolm Phillips, 92, is charged with rape, indecent assault and indecency with a child at Skircoat Lodge in Halifax between 1976 and 1994....
A former schoolteacher has been found guilty of a slew of offences which saw him abuse his position by engaging in sexual activity with two students. Anthony Redmond, 54, of Fort Austin Avenue, Plymouth, stood trial at Plymouth Crown Court following an investigation...
The trial of a former headteacher of an all-girls’ Catholic school in Southampton, accused of kissing a pupil, has ended with a hung jury. James Rouse, 49, was charged with sexual activity with a child under 18 while in a position of trust. The alleged offence...
There were more than 50 "missed opportunities" to intervene and stop a school head teacher who was able to sexually abuse girls for years, a report has found. A Child Practice Review (CPR), led by prominent expert Jan Pickles, has looked into the crimes of 68-year-old...
A court has heard how a former head teacher kissed a GCSE pupil before later embarking on a sexual relationship with her. The trial of James Rouse, 49, of Lowford Hill Close in Bursledon started at Portsmouth Crown Court on Monday. Mr Rouse was previously head teacher...
Leo Norman, 46, who worked at St Anne’s School in Southampton, was sentenced on three charges of conducting sexual activity with a child by a person of trust. The charges relate to offences which took place between September 2014 and June 2019 at St Anne’s School – a...
A 48-year-old Southampton man has been charged with alleged non-recent child sexual abuse in Southampton. The charges follow allegations of child sexual abuse, by those in a position of trust, against former pupils at St. Anne’s Catholic School and Sixth Form College...
A former sports coach at a school in Horsham has been convicted of a child sex offence. Ajaz Karim worked at Christ’s Hospital School between 1983 and 1993 and was on Friday (29 November) found guilty of one count of indecent assault on a girl under the age of...
Six former staff at a Worcestershire boarding school have been accused of allowing a cruel culture of sexual and physical abuse to 'flourish' on a 'systematic scale'. It was alleged that sexual activity took place between boys at the Rhydd Court School in Malvern...
A former piano teacher at a boarding school in East Sussex has been jailed for sexually assaulting two young boys. Anthony Roberts, 83, of Framfield Road in Uckfield, worked at Boarzell School in Etchingham between 1965 and 1974, when the school closed. During his...
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