A retired English teacher and school rugby coach has been jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing 19 pupils at a Yorkshire school between the 1970s and 1990s. Peter Andrew Holmes, of King Street, Bristol, was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court yesterday (Friday,...
School and Teacher Abuse
Former primary school teacher jailed for child sexual abuse
A former primary school teacher has been jailed for the sexual abuse of two young girls. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that Charles Ellis, 63, of Chester, abused the girls on separate occasions. He abused a pupil in 2016. He also abused an...
Hampshire childrens’ entertainer and martial arts instructor jailed for string of child sex offences
A kids' entertainer and martial arts instructor has been jailed for committing a string of child sex offences over a seven-year period. Steven Oxborrow, of Wilverley Road, Wootton, was found guilty at Southampton Crown Court on April 5 of five counts of sexual...
Former teacher Mark Blackie jailed for sexually abusing pupils at Scarborough school
Mark Blackie, 32, was working as an English teacher at a secondary school in Scarborough when he “preyed” on the teenage girls, leaving one of the victims feeling suicidal....
Widnes teacher jailed again for pupil sex abuse – Michael Wilde
A former teacher convicted of abusing boys at a school has been jailed again after another former pupil came forward, prosecutors have said. Michael Wilde, 73, worked at Wade Deacon School in Widnes, Cheshire, for 38 years, retiring in 2009. He has previously been...
Remedy Law instructed to bring a civil claim for abuse suffered at the hands of Creighton Muirhead
Creighton Muirhead, 67, of the Lechlade area of Gloucestershire, was convicted of 23 offences of non-recent sexual offences against 19 victims which took place at a school in Dorking and a school in Swindon between 1980 and 2008. The victims were all former pupils,...
Creighton Muirhead jailed for 11 years for non recent abuse in Swindon and Dorking Schools
A man who abused his position as a teacher over a 28 year period has been jailed. 67 year old Creighton Muirhead of the Lechlade area of Gloucestershire, was convicted of 23 offences of non-recent sexual offences against 19 victims which took place at a school in...
Repton School: Teacher jailed for abuse of girls in 1990s
A former teacher has been jailed for abusing pupils at a well-known private school in Derbyshire. Simon Clague, 55, worked at fee-paying Repton School in the 1990s and admitted charges of indecent assault shortly before his trial was due to start. Derby Crown Court...
Neil Francis receives 9 year sentence for 19 counts of child sexual abuse
At Amersham Crown Court, Buckinghamshire, Neil Francis, 46, was found guilty of 19 counts of sexual assault and eight counts of indecent assault. Francis, formerly of Conyers Road, East Cowton, North Yorkshire, sexually and indecently assaulted 11 female pupils while...
Frank Skipwith former boarding school headmaster jailed for 11 years for abusing 11 pupils as young as six
A boarding school headmaster who sipped sherry as he watched naked boys in the showers has been jailed for 11 years. Former headteacher Frank Skipwith, 81, of Eynsham, Oxfordshire, watched the sons of diplomats and army officers in the showers at Fernden Preparatory...
Thomas Hancock jailed for sexual offences against two teenage girls
A former teacher has been sentenced after pleading guilty to sexual offences against two teenage girls. Thomas Hancock, from Gloucestershire, was jailed for 16 months at Bristol Crown Court. He also has received a 10-year sexual harm prevention order. At a hearing,...
Former Nottingham primary school teacher jailed for sexual abuse of pupils in the 1980s
A retired primary school teacher who abused his position of trust in order to repeatedly abuse two pupils decades ago has been jailed. Pensioner, Roger Thorne, aged 75, committed the offences at Scotholme Primary School in Hyson Green, Nottingham, over a five year...
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