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| Thorpe Hall School pupils' images on teacher's computer | |
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| Indecent images of pupils have been found on the computer of an Essex deputy head teacher who was recently found dead, police say. | |
| Martin Goldberg, 46, a maths teacher at Thorpe Hall School in Southend, died at his home two weeks ago. | Martin Goldberg, 46, a maths teacher at Thorpe Hall School in Southend, died at his home two weeks ago. |
| Essex Police said it had recovered images which appeared to have come from a camera hidden inside a bag. | Essex Police said it had recovered images which appeared to have come from a camera hidden inside a bag. |
| It was used to film boys undressing in the school's changing rooms and at Southend's leisure centre. | |
| The images are believed to have been made from 2000 onwards, and "would appear to be of boys aged from nine to 12," police said. | |
| Detectives have identified four children from the footage and have spoken to their parents. | |
| 'Online material' allegations | |
| Police said 75 images, which were classed as "indecent", were from the changing rooms at the independently run, co-educational school. | |
| A further 465 were found to have been taken at the leisure centre's swimming pool and 38 from "two other locations". | |
| Officers said in most of the pictures, the children's faces were not visible, or the quality of the image was so poor that they could not be identified. | |
| The investigation into Mr Goldberg's computer was started after allegations he had bought material online, from abroad, which may have included images of naked teenage boys. | |
| Mr Goldberg was spoken to, but not arrested, as officers thought there was "insufficient evidence" to do so at the time. | |
| He was found dead in his home in Shoeburyness the following day. |