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Nick Clegg's former school head guilty of abuse | |
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A former headmaster at Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's old school has been convicted of child sex offences. | |
Roland Peter Wright, 83, of Crown Lane, Farnham Royal, was found guilty of abusing five boys aged between eight and 13 by an Amersham Crown Court jury. | Roland Peter Wright, 83, of Crown Lane, Farnham Royal, was found guilty of abusing five boys aged between eight and 13 by an Amersham Crown Court jury. |
He had denied 10 charges of indecent assault and two of indecency with a child at Caldicott Preparatory School, between 1959 and 1970. | |
Wright had been cleared of three other charges at an earlier trial. | Wright had been cleared of three other charges at an earlier trial. |
Mr Clegg was joint head boy at Caldicott, a prestigious Buckinghamshire preparatory school, in 1980. | Mr Clegg was joint head boy at Caldicott, a prestigious Buckinghamshire preparatory school, in 1980. |
Tribute to victims | |
Det Sgt Joe Banfield, of Thames Valley Police, said: "This result would not have occurred without the support of the many victims and witnesses in this case, who bravely gave evidence and provided statements." | |
Ruth Bowskill, of Thames and Chiltern Crown Prosecution Service, paid tribute to the victims of those found guilty of abuse for their "strength and tenacity in coming forward and giving evidence". | Ruth Bowskill, of Thames and Chiltern Crown Prosecution Service, paid tribute to the victims of those found guilty of abuse for their "strength and tenacity in coming forward and giving evidence". |
Wright's conviction, on Tuesday, comes after fellow former teachers John Addrison and Hugh Henry pleaded guilty to sex abuse, it can now be reported. | |
Henry, 82, of Pomeroy Close, Amersham, pleaded guilty to gross indecency with a child. He is due to be sentenced with Wright, on 6 February. | |
Addrison, 54, of Datchet Road, Slough, Berkshire, pleaded guilty to one count of indecency with or towards a child, and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, at Aylesbury Crown Court in November last year. He will remain on the sex offenders' register for life. | |
David Geddes, 71, from Upper Wield, Hampshire, was cleared by a jury of four counts of indecent assault on a child under 16, at a re-trial in March this year. |