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Home tutor Carolyn Keeling cleared of indecently assaulting boy, 13 Home tutor Carolyn Keeling cleared of indecently assaulting boy, 13
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A retired home tutor has been found not guilty of indecently assaulting a 13-year-old pupil in the 1990s.A retired home tutor has been found not guilty of indecently assaulting a 13-year-old pupil in the 1990s.
Carolyn Keeling, now 64, was accused of having sex with the boy, who is now 34 and cannot be named for legal reasons, between 1993 and 1996. Carolyn Keeling, now 64, was accused of having sex with the boy, who is now 34 and cannot be named for legal reasons.
Ms Keeling, of Taynton near Gloucester, had denied six counts of indecent assault. Mrs Keeling, of Taynton near Gloucester, had denied six counts of indecent assault.
The mother-of-two, who had an unblemished career, was accused of having sex with the boy on at least 100 occasions between 1993 and 1996.
A jury took three hours to find Mrs Keeling not guilty at Gloucester Crown Court.
Smoked cannabis
The boy, who is now a father of three and battling a heroin addiction, made the allegations to his mother in 2012 after reading of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
He later reported it to police in April 2013 and an investigation started.
Mrs Keeling told detectives of her shock at what the boy was saying.
"He was just a nice lad. (I am) gobsmacked that he would do this. This is my worst nightmare," she said.
Mrs Keeling rejected claims that she had smoked cannabis and drank wine while teaching him, and insisted she had not slept with him.