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Kinton Approved School/The Oaks – Witness Appeal
Local Authority and Foster Parent, School and Teacher Abuse
Remedy Law have been instructed by a former resident of Kinton Approved School who makes allegations of sexual abuse. Kinton has been the subject of a Police investigation and Officers have spoken to more than 200 people to "identify victims and witnesses", Surrey...
Portsmouth choirmaster on trial for sex offences denies abusing boys in church vestry
Mark Burgess, 68, started giving evidence at Portsmouth Crown Court where he denies 52 offences between 1976 and 2009. ‘(The complainant) says you were having a conversation about how far you could ejaculate and there were two or three others present,’ she said. She...
Mark Burgess Trial Update – Court hears choirmaster drove young boys home from choir practice before performing sex acts on them
Religious and Church, School and Teacher Abuse
A CHOIRMASTER drove young boys home from choir practice before performing sex acts on them and swearing them to secrecy, a court heard. Mark Burgess, 68, denies 52 sex offences against 13 children between 1976 and 2009. Burgess, giving evidence at the Portsmouth Crown...
Stephen Walker: Former Met officer jailed for sexual abuse
A disgraced former Metropolitan Police officer and south London football coach who sexually abused 15 children during 40 years of offending has finally been jailed. Shamed ex cop Stephen Walker, 68, was found guilty of 40 charges of sexual assaults against 15 victims,...
John Foxley – Former teacher sentenced to total of 16 years for non-recent sexual abuse on boys
A former teacher who sexually abused boys at a private school in Norwich over more than a decade has been given a 16-year sentence at Norwich Crown Court today (Thursday 28 April 2021). This follows an investigation by Norfolk Constabulary’s Child Abuse...
Handyman Maurice Button fled child abuse trial before being jailed
A former Torquay hotel handyman has been jailed for a series of sex offences against children dating back four decades. Maurice Button, 69, disappeared half way through his trial at Exeter Crown Court for offences against two girls who were aged just eight and 12 at...
Ex-Dove House teacher, Julius Edwards, guilty of child abuse
A FORMER Basingstoke school teacher has been convicted of sexually abusing two young boys. Julius Edwards, who once worked for Dove House School Academy on Sutton Road, was found guilty after a three-week trial at Kingston Crown Court. The 49-year-old, who...
Police believe music teacher jailed for abusing teen girl attacked other victims
Police believe a music teacher who sexually abused four girls also attacked other females. Detectives think that there are more victims attacked by 46-year-old Christopher Dunn, who was jailed last week for abusing a teenage girl more than 10 years ago. Christopher...
British Judo investigating cases in which coaches have been arrested for sexual offences
The cases include one coach who was arrested for engaging in sexual communications with a child. In a separate case, another was arrested for voyeurism at a place of work after placing a camera in female toilets. Both incidents occurred in 2019. In a statement, the...
Mark Burgess Portsmouth choirmaster trial: Choirboy ‘froze when abused’
Religious and Church, School and Teacher Abuse
Mark Burgess, 67, from Hilsea, Portsmouth, denies 52 counts relating to the alleged abuse of 13 children, between 1976 and 2009. At the time he was a choirmaster and music teacher in the city. Portsmouth Crown Court was shown a recording of a police interview in which...
Football child sex abuse: Sheldon review finds ‘institutional failings’
"Significant institutional failings" by the Football Association meant it "did not do enough to keep children safe" - according to the findings of an independent review into historical child sexual abuse in the game. It found the FA was "too slow" to have sufficient...
Simon Shaw – Former Cowplain School teacher jailed for 30 months for sexual assaults
‘Manipulative and predatory’ art teacher Simon Shaw’s actions remained hidden until the ‘haunted’ former Cowplain School pupil bravely came forward. Portsmouth Crown Court heard the victim went to police in 2017– which time she was an adult – after Shaw was jailed for...
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