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Nick Clegg's ex-headmaster jailed for abusing boys Nick Clegg's ex-headmaster jailed for abusing boys
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The former headmaster of a school attended by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has been jailed for eight years for sexually abusing pupils. The former headmaster of a school attended by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has been jailed for eight years for sexually abusing five pupils.
Roland Peter Wright, 83, of Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, abused five boys at Caldicott Preparatory School between 1959 and 1970. Roland Peter Wright, 83, of Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, abused boys aged between eight and 13 at Caldicott Preparatory School from 1959 to 1970.
He was found guilty of assaulting five pupils aged between eight and 13.
His sentencing went ahead despite the death of another former teacher who had been due to appear with him.His sentencing went ahead despite the death of another former teacher who had been due to appear with him.
Hugh Henry, 82, apparently threw himself under a train on Tuesday.Hugh Henry, 82, apparently threw himself under a train on Tuesday.
Judge Joanna Cutts QC told Wright: "These offences were so serious that it is beyond question that only a custodial sentence can be justified.Judge Joanna Cutts QC told Wright: "These offences were so serious that it is beyond question that only a custodial sentence can be justified.
"I have to sentence you for multiple offending against each of these victims."I have to sentence you for multiple offending against each of these victims.
"This was prolonged activity, the boys were groomed by a master at a school responsible for their care.""This was prolonged activity, the boys were groomed by a master at a school responsible for their care."
At the time of Wright's conviction at Amersham Crown Court in December, Mr Clegg, who was a pupil at the school from 1974 until 1980, spoke of his concern. Mr Clegg was a pupil at the school from 1974 until 1980 and was joint head boy in his final year.
"I am shocked and appalled by the gross betrayal of trust and violation of childhood innocence that has been shown to have taken place at Caldicott," he said. When Wright was convicted in December, Mr Clegg said: "I am shocked and appalled by the gross betrayal of trust and violation of childhood innocence that has been shown to have taken place at Caldicott."
'Hardest blow'
Wright, who served as headmaster at the school from 1968 until 1993, lived in a cottage overlooking the school playing fields after his retirement.
At his trail last year, Amersham Crown Court was told Wright was the centre of a paedophile ring at the school.
He was described by his barrister Jane Bickerstaff QC as "old, frail and infirm"
She said: "Everything he worked so hard to build up. The reputation of the school and its success, which went hand in hand with the defendant's personal reputation and achievements, is all wiped out by the verdicts of the jury.
"His legacy is entirely different - that is the hardest blow to a man who dedicated his life to building the school and its reputation."
Jailing him, Judge Cutts said he had been described as an "outstanding headmaster", but had "set up a fiefdom" which he used to abuse boys.