Did Cayless supply young boys from his Schools to fellow Freemasons?

Did Cayless supply young boys from his Schools in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea to fellow Freemasons?

Does this explain the protection he has received  and the spectacularly lenient sentence for child rape he received in Northampton?

Lowlife Cayless ran choirs and Schools in the Westminster area for over 60 years……..just how many of these boys did he abuse? How many did he “market” to his pals in the Freemasons?

We are told that young teachers at Schools run by Cayless were very aware of his capricious and vindictive nature. They were very aware that speaking out about his “extra lessons” for pretty blond boys would wreck their careers. Cayless made no secret of the fact that his senior membership of the Freemasons meant that none of the school inspectors (all Masons) would take action against him………

The articles listed below all cover offences similar to those of Ronald Whitby Cayless of Roskeen Court, Wimbledon, they all include long statements by the police about the predatory nature of the offender…..in the case of Freemason Cayless no such statements are made by Northampton Police. The fact that Cayless was Headmaster of St. Peter’s in Eaton Square at the time of the offences is not mentioned….quite a contrast with the lengthy details given concerning the paedophiles listed below.

Compare the sentences listed below with the shamefully lenient sentence of 15 months given to paedophile Cayless:

Ex-teacher Lloyd Dennis jailed for abusing two boys

Lloyd DennisImage copyrightHampshire Constabulary
Image captionLloyd Dennis taught at Bishop’s Waltham Junior School and Cadland Primary in the New Forest

A former primary school teacher has been jailed for 15 years for sexually assaulting two boys.

Lloyd Dennis, from Eastleigh, admitted 12 sexual offences against the boys who were not his pupils.

He also pleaded guilty to seven charges relating to indecent images of children and one count of extreme pornography.

Dennis, 33, was described at Southampton Crown Court by Judge Peter Henry as posing “a high risk to young children”.

The Sopwith Road resident taught at Bishop’s Waltham Junior School and Cadland Primary in the New Forest.

Judge Henry said: “I accept that there is no suggestion here that you have sexually abused young pupils but nonetheless it’s deeply troubling that you should obtain such a position.”

The offences occurred between September 2013 and November 2014.

Paedophile teacher jailed for historic sex abuse of three boys

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A paedophile teacher who was jailed for the historic sex abuse of three boys may have abused more victims, police have said.

David Dutoit, 58, attacked two 16-year-old boys between 1998 to 2003. He attacked one of the boys at his flat, police said.

He also abused an 18-year-old boy who he met through a computer skills course for unemployed people.

Dutoit took the boy to a pub in central London and bought him several drinks, Blackfriars Crown Court heard.

They had arranged to stay in separate rooms at a nearby bed and breakfast but the victim awoke to find Dutoit sexually assaulting him.

After the incidents were eventually reported to police this year, he was charged with multiple sex offences.

Dutoit, of Heylyn Square, Bow, was jailed for six years after admitting gross indecency with a child, indecent assault on a child, sexual assault and possession of indecent images of children.

Police believe he may have had other victims while he taught teenagers in the boroughs of Hackney and Tower Hamlets between 2005 and 2014.

Detective Constable Klementina Balint of the Met’s Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command who led the investigation, appealed for any other victims to come forward.

She said: “David Dutoit is a serial sexual offender who took advantage of vulnerable young males and abused them.

“Given what we know about his offending history, it is highly likely that he may have tried to sexually abuse other people. If you are a victim of Dutoit’s, or have any information which could assist further investigations into his activities, please contact the police.

She continued: “The victims’ of Dutoit that we know about put their faith in the police to investigate their claims thoroughly; we have done that and I hope they feel some form of justice has been served.

“I also hope it will give any other victims the confidence to contact police and report the abuse they have suffered.”

Former Aldro School teacher jailed for 20 years after sexually abusing four pupils

John Clark, 79, was found guilty of dozens of sexual offences on Thursday after a trial at Guildford Crown before being sent down for 20 years on Friday

Surrey Police
John Clark has been sentenced to 20 years in jail after sexually abusing four pupils

A former music teacher who “insidiously weaved” his way into four pupils’ lives has been jailed for 20 years after being found guilty of more than 20 sexual offences.

John Clark, 79, was on Thursday (October 29) found unanimously guilty of 24 counts of indecent assault and another of buggery at Aldro School in Shackleford between 1975 and 1981.

Clark, now of Thames Drive in Melton Mowbray, was sentenced at Guildford Crown Courton Friday (October 30) after failing to attend his conviction on Thursday on account of ill-health.

Addressing Clark, Judge Stephen Climie said: “The harm caused by your behaviour – it is severe psychological harm at the most extreme level.

“The four boys were particularly vulnerable, not just because of their ages, but also taking into account their personal circumstances being boarders in the school, which had a strong regimented aspect where the teachers were trusted and the child complied.”

He added: “You became obsessed with your own sexual gratification. You took opportunity after opportunity to abuse these boys.”

Clark is currently undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, and had an operation in February due to having colon cancer also. He will turn 80 on November 16.

Giving evidence on October 16, one of the victims, who aged from eight to 13, told the court Clark abused him “several times a week for a couple of years”.

‘Abhorrent behaviour’

Commenting on the sentencing, Detective Constable Michael Chalk from Surrey Police said: “Today’s result demonstrates the depravity and severity of the abuse which Clark metered out to his victims.

“He used his position of authority and trust to groom the children who were pupils at the school where he taught. His victims included choristers, musicians and literary students.

“He duped them and their parents into believing he was a safe and reliable mentor, when in fact he was insidiously weaving his way into their lives before sexually abusing them.

“He would encourage the youngsters’ enthusiasm for music and on some occasions invited them to his family home or away on trips.

“He would became part of their lives, even visiting a pupil during the Christmas holidays to lure him away to further satisfy his abhorrent behaviour – he clearly had his own separate agenda and did not waiver from this over many years.

“I hope today’s sentencing will give closure and go some way in helping his victims move on with their lives.”

DC Chalk said the “harrowing trial” forced Clark’s victims to hear their abuser claim the offending was caused by another teacher at the school, who has since died.

“They are to be commended for their courage and fortitude in coming forward and pursuing this prosecution after many years,” said the officer.

“This has been a lengthy investigation which has been bravely supported by the victims and I would encourage any victim to come forward to Surrey Police and report any similar incidents.

“Surrey Police treats all allegations of sexual abuse, whether recent or non-recent, extremely seriously.

“Our priority is victim care and people need to feel confident that if they come forward and report an offence, we can help. We have a dedicated investigation team for such crime and the dedicated unit works to obtain best evidence.

“We also work closely with our partner agencies including the NHS with whom Surrey Police has a Sexual Assault Referral Centre.”

Ex-Ealing teacher jailed for sexually abusing boys under the age of 16

Roger Wakely, who was a teacher at Ealing Grammar School, would ask victims to come to his office to discuss coursework before assaulting them

Ex-Ealing teacher Roger Wakely

An ex- Ealing teacher and retired vicar has been jailed for 13 years following a string of sexual assaults against four victims.

Roger Wakely, of Exeter, Devon, was jailed on Friday (November 13) at Guildford Crown Court, according to Met police .

He was found guilty of 27 counts of non-recent sexual assault offences against four victims between the 1960s and 1980s.

The 73-year-old was convicted of 25 counts of indecent assault on a boy under the age of 16, and two counts of attempted buggery on a boy under the age of 16.

Wakely was a teacher at Ealing Grammar School between 1964 and 1972.

A court heard how he targeted two victims there by asking them to come to his office on the pretext of discussing coursework.

The assaults took place at both the school and his home address.

One of the cases at the school was investigated by the Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command of the Met police.

Wakely was subsequently charged and convicted of 18 sexual offences against the victim, who was under 16 years at the time.

Detective Constable Sara McDowell of Surrey Police, who led the investigation, said: “Today’s (November 13) conviction is the result of a lengthy and complex investigation, which involved working with the Metropolitan Police and Leicestershire Police in order to bring Wakely to justice.

“Wakely’s predatory behaviour came to light after one of his victims had the courage to come forward and speak out about the abuse he had suffered.

“This in turn led us to identify further victims, who had all been targeted by Wakely while he was in a position of trust, which he repeatedly abused.

“I would like to commend the bravery of all four victims in giving evidence and can only hope that today’s conviction will provide some sort of closure for them.”

Six of the offences took place in Sunbury-on-Thames in Surrey, with the other offences taking place in London and Leicester.

Surrey Police launched an investigation in December 2013 after one of the victims came forward and reported that he had been sexually abused by Wakely.

The victim said the abuse happened between 1978 and 1981 while he was at a pupil at the Bishop Wand Church of England School in Sunbury-on-Thames.

Wakely was also convicted of a sexual assault against a fourth victim while he was a vicar in the parish of Gaulby in Leicestershire.

He was arrested in connection with the Surrey offences in February 2014 and charged in September 2014.

40 years on… pervert teacher is jailed for abusing pupils at Leeds school
Seymour Stephenson-Dall, aged 73.
Jailed for two years, eight months, at Leeds Crown Court today for historic sexual abuse of pupils while he was a teacher at Eastmoor Remand School in Leeds in the early 1970s.
Seymour Stephenson-Dall, aged 73. Jailed for two years, eight months, at Leeds Crown Court today for historic sexual abuse of pupils while he was a teacher at Eastmoor Remand School in Leeds in the early 1970s.
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A FORMER teacher has been jailed for sexually abusing boys while working at a school for vulnerable boys with behavioural problems.

Seymour Stephenson-Dall, 73, was sentenced to two years, eight months after admitting to indecently assaulting two boys when he was a housemaster at Eastmoor Approved School in the early 1970s.

Leeds Crown Court heard Stephenson-Dall was aged in his early thirties at the time he abused the boys who were aged between 15 and 17 at the time.

Richard Wright, QC, prosecuting, told the court Stephenson-Dall abused the trust that had been placed in him to care for the youngsters.

Many of the boys were sent to live at the school, which was based in Adel, Leeds, under court orders and he had a level of responsibility similar to being a parent.

The court heard Stephenson-Dall invited one of the victims to his private living quarters and got him drunk on whisky before subjecting him to sexual abuse.

Mr Wright said: “He was scared of the defendant and did what he was told.”

After his arrest Stephenson-Dall admitted inviting the boys to his flat on several occasions before sexually abusing them.
He also confessed to sexually abusing a number of other victims but they did not make complaints against him.

Stephenson-Dall, of Ash Terrace, Bingley, pleaded guilty to four offences of indecent assault against two boys. One of the victims is now dead.

The court heard the charges only represented a sample of his offending and he had abused boys on a wider scale.

Tim Capstick, mitigating, said his client had accepted his guilt soon after being arrested.
He said: “While these are serious offences, he has done what he can to acknowledge his wrong doing.”

Mr Capstick added: “He is a very different man, I submit, to the person who committed these offences.”

Jailing Stephenson-Dall, Judge Neil Clark said: “All children are vulnerable, but by the very nature of this school it is clear that the children there had problems and were particularly vulnerable.

“It also follows that because they were residents at that school, you had a degree of power or control over them that exceeded that of a teacher at a normal school.

“You were almost like a parent.”
After the case, Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Superintendent Jon Morgan said: “Stephenson-Dall abused his position of trust to exploit vulnerable children for his own sexual gratification.

“We hope the fact he has now had to answer for his crimes will go some way towards helping the victims to deal with the trauma he has caused them.

“This case again highlights that the passage of time is no barrier to justice and it should not deter victims from coming forward and reporting offences.

“We treat any reports of offences of this nature very seriously and will support victims and do all we can to see the offenders brought to justice.”

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Jailed paedophile teacher sentenced for more offences
Christopher Jarvis

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A RETIRED teacher who was jailed for grooming and sexually abusing young boys at a private school has been sentenced for further offences.

Christopher Jarvis, 72, who tempted youngsters at the now-defunct St Peter’s Preparatory School in Seaford with chocolate before assaulting them in his room was sent to prison for eight years in December 2013.
Last week he appeared at Lewes Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to six more offences against other boys at the same school
Two offences were against one boy and four were against the other boy.

He was sentenced to four years imprisonment for two of the offences, to be served concurrently to his existing sentence, and to 21 months for the remaining four counts, also to be served simultaneously.

This means he will not serve any extra time in addition to his original eight-year sentence.

At the 2013 sentencing, Judge Guy Anthony described his actions as a “gross breach of trust” and told how his victims had struggled with “life-long problems”.

He said: “Sadly it shows that there were two sides to your character and sadly it’s the darker side that brings you here today.”

Jarvis, of Dukes Drive, Eastbourne, taught at the school – whose alumni include Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Falklands hero Colonel Herbert Jones – between 1962 and 1980.

Jarvis targeted ten boys aged ten to 14 up until 1976 before joining Bede’s Prep School, in Eastbourne, in 1982.

He remained at the exclusive independent school until allegations about his conduct at St Peter’s came to light in October 2012.

A spokeswoman for Bede’s previously told The Argus he was suspended immediately and shortly after his employment was terminated.

She added there was no suggestion of wrongdoing at the school.
St Peter’s Preparatory School closed in 1982.

The two new victims came forward during 2014 and 2015 respectively, having learned from media coverage about Jarvis’s eight year sentence.

‘Sadistic’ 91-year-old ex-teacher becomes oldest person to be jailed for first time

A court heard sex attacker Marcus Marcussen had forced boys to use a swimming pool while naked and had abused others at a youth club and in a shower block

PAMarcus Marcussen
Jailed: Marcus Marcussen remained apparently unmoved in the dock

A 91-year-old former teacher has become the oldest person to be sent to prison for the first time – for a string of sadistic sex attacks on 14 boys.

Marcus Marcussen remained apparently unmoved in the dock as a judge said the offences, committed between 1957 and 1978, had been “tinged with sadism”.

Marcussen, who has no previous convictions, was jailed at Birmingham Crown Courtfor nine years for the abuse carried out over three decades.

The retired PE teacher and youth club volunteer, from Rochford, near Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, was convicted of 25 counts of indecent assault earlier this week after a three-week trial.

PAFormer PE teacher Marcus Marcussen outside Birmingham Crown Court
Sick: The retired PE teacher was convicted of 25 counts of indecent assault

Marcussen had denied committing the offences against pupils at Ilmington Road comprehensive school in Weoley Castle, reports the Birmingham Mail.

Sentencing Marcussen, who made notes of his sentences on each of the 25 counts, Judge Nicholas Webb told the sex offender: “You retain an acute intelligence and although you are physically frail, 40 or 50 years ago I am sure you were a formidable presence in the classroom.

“Standards of discipline were different then – corporal punishment was allowed – but your regime was tinged with sadism towards pupils.”

Pointing out that at least one victim had since attempted suicide, while another was caned by a headmaster after making a complaint of sexual abuse, the judge told Marcussen: “Every one of the witnesses remembered you and your deeds.

“Some have come to terms with their experiences better than others.

“However, all of the men who gave evidence, some now in their sixties and one or two in their seventies, have been affected for the worse by their experiences literally at your hands.”

PAMarcus Marcussen
Terror: At least one of Marcussen’s victims had since attempted suicide

Condemning Marcussen for creating an atmosphere of fear sufficient to quell all but the most assertive of boys, Judge Webb added the victims had been “in effect groomed” while being being subject to frequent, and sometimes weekly, offending.

Detectives arrested Marcussen, who used a whale bone to strike and intimidate pupils, after a victim reported the historical abuse in 2012.

It then emerged the teacher had forced boys to use a swimming pool while naked, and had abused others at a youth club and in a shower block.

Opening the case at the beginning of the trial, prosecutor Sarah Buckingham said the defendant “hid behind a veneer of respectability” created by his work in the community with disadvantaged boys.

Miss Buckingham told the court the first victim to contact police did so after receiving psychiatric support following a mental breakdown.

Another former Ilmington Road pupil then came forward to complain of being indecently assaulted in the 1970s.

Marcussen was then charged with indecent assault and indecency offences and subsequent media coverage led to the remaining victims coming forward.

During her opening address, Miss Buckingham asked jurors to bear in mind that society was “very different” in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, with little chance of complaints by children being taken seriously.

Defence counsel Sharon Bailey told the court that “at the age of 91 he will be the oldest person to be sent to custody for the first time”.

She said: “Any custodial sentence passed on Mr Marcussen is going to weigh far more heavily on him because of his age than it would on any other defendant.”

Former Runcorn teacher jailed for sexually abusing boy for four years
David Fearnley

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A FORMER teacher who had convictions for indecent assault has been jailed for more than nine years for sexually abusing a boy from the age of 12.

Judge David Hale described David Fearnley’s crimes as ‘a classic case of grooming’ after targeting the vulnerable child in the late 90s.
Warrington Crown Court heard on Monday how the former The Grange Comprehensive maths and personal and social education teacher had first started touching his victim by pretending to tickle him and when he realised his actions would not trigger a complaint he became more explicit.
Fearnley, aged 61, of Lime Avenue, Weaverham, would abuse the boy downstairs at his former home while his wife and children were upstairs in bed.

Judge Hale added: “You have been a scout master, you knew exactly what to do to encourage a boy to look up to you and see how far you could go with that.

“With him you found someone who was vulnerable and you prayed on that vulnerability.

“You got him to a point he would do virtually anything you wanted.”
The abuse ended in 2001.

His victim was questioned by police in 2011 when they were investigating other complaints of abuse by Fearnley.

In September 2011 he was handed a three year community order for indecently assaulting a boy and girl in the 90s.

But the boy only came forward in November last year.

At the sentencing Fearnley also pleaded guilty to three further counts of indecent assault against a boy in the late 70s when he was a scout leader in Warrington.

When arrested Fearnley was also found with 20 indecent images and videos on his computer.

Now divorced Fearnley’s family were shocked by his actions.

“It seemed before the recent disclosure that he lived a life as a respectable adult to the community. His life was a lie and that has all come to the fore,” said David Toal, defending.

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He was handed a total of nine years and two months for a total of 27 different charges after pleading guilty to the counts.

Former acting head teacher of Wareham Middle School Jo Casey jailed for abusing children
Joachim Casey jailed for abusing children

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A FORMER acting head teacher has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for abusing young boys.

Joachim Casey, 48, of Wareham, sexually molested two boys, abusing one of them from the age of nine.

Casey was suspended from his post at Wareham Middle School in around September last year after the school learned he was being investigated by police.

There is no suggestion that he abused youngsters at the school.

Bournemouth Crown Court heard the previously respected, church-going teacher was confronted at school by one of the victims, who recorded the conversation on his mobile phone.

The truth began to emerge when one of the victims contacted the NSPCC and then made allegations to police, said prosecutor Clifford Grier. Another victim came forward later.

Casey was arrested and admitted to the abuse of both boys.

He pleaded guilty to nine counts of indecent assault, two counts of indecency with children, two counts of sexual activity with a child and one of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Tim Shorter, defending, said that Casey was extremely remorseful for the abuse and has said that he “hates himself”.

He wrote to one victim saying: “I am so sorry for abusing you both.”

Casey had been considered to be of excellent character “in every aspect of life” said Mr Shorter but added: “Underneath that was this appalling record of abuse of two children from a young age.”

Judge Samuel Wiggs placed Casey on the sex offenders register for life and made him the subject of a sexual offences prevention order barring him from contact with young people.

“I do regard that as necessary to prevent serious sexual harm to members of the public. I take into account your good character and excellent working record as a teacher,” he added.

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Speaking afterwards, DS Nigel Cullis of the child protection unit at Weymouth, said: “I want to express my thanks for the support and courage demonstrated by Casey’s victims and for the confidence they have shown in coming forward and reporting these horrendous crimes.”

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There was “no evidence at all” that Casey abused any youngsters at the school he added. Anyone with concerns should contact Dorset Police or Dorset children’s services.

Iain Clark, headteacher at Wareham Middle School said in a statement: “The safety, well-being and education of our pupils is paramount. As soon as we were aware of the allegations, Mr Casey was suspended. He also handed in his resignation, so has not been an employee of the school since the end of October last year. We informed parents that a member of staff had been suspended and worked closely with the police and Dorset County Council’s safeguarding teams throughout their investigations.”

Former teacher Richard Alston from Bury St Edmunds guilty of molesting 11-year-old boy

13:23 27 August 2015

Ex-teacher convicted of abusing child

Ex-teacher convicted of abusing child

A former remedial school teacher from Suffolk and long-term partner of one of the founders of the Paedophile Information Exchange has been found guilty of molesting an 11-year-old boy, it can be revealed.

Richard AlstonRichard Alston

Richard Alston, 70, of Vinery Road, Bury St Edmunds, met the victim while working at Cavendish School for “maladjusted boys” in Greenford, Middlesex, in the late 1970s.

Together with his partner, Peter Righton, Alston forced the youngster to watch pornography and then perform sex acts on him.

It was the investigation into Righton, who was convicted of importing child pornography in 1992, that led to MP Tom Watson using parliamentary privilege in 2012 to allege that there was “clear intelligence” of a VIP child sex abuse ring.

Righton was also a founding member of the Paedophile Information Exchange – a notorious group set up in the 1970s that campaigned to lower the age of consent.

Peter RightonPeter Righton

He and Alston were together for 40 years and lived in Thornham Magna after Righton’s conviction.

Although Alston denied indecently assaulting the schoolboy, while giving evidence he conceded it was “possible” his lover may have done.

Giving evidence, Alston explained that he realised he was gay as a young adult, and met Righton – 19 years his senior – when he was just 16 years old.

Despite being cleared of a number of offences, he was convicted of incidents that took place when Righton was present and a participant.

A jury at Southwark Crown Court in London cleared Alston of molesting the youngster on school grounds and during a camping trip when he was alleged to have crept into his tent after “story time”.

The verdicts were reached last week, but can only be reported now for legal reasons.

Alston, who was in a position of trust as a teacher, was found guilty of one count of indecent assault and one count of indecency with a child, showed no emotion as he was convicted.

Jurors found that he and Righton groomed the schoolboy after he began visiting them at their flat, plying him with alcohol and buying him gifts such as cigarettes and toys.

On one occasion Righton – who died in 2007 – gave the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, a pair of silk swimming trunks, which he asked him to “parade” in front of himself and Alston.

Alston was found to have made the schoolboy watch pornographic films and then ask him to perform sex acts on him and Righton.

The court heard that their friend Charles Napier – now a convicted paedophile – would also be present for some of these viewings.

Alston was cleared of four counts of indecent assault and two counts of indecency with a child. The jury was unable to reach verdicts on one count each of the same offences.

The verdicts can now be reported after the CPS took the decision in private not to pursue a retrial on the outstanding charges.

In January 1979 in Aberdeen, Scotland, he was admonished – the equivalent of a caution in English law – after admitting one count of lewd, indecent, libidinous practices, namely placing his hand on a boy’s thigh in the cinema.

Alston is due to be sentenced on September 28.

Last December, Napier, was jailed for 13 years for carrying out hundreds of sexual assaults on young boys.

He was convicted of conducting a “campaign of abuse” at the school where he worked in the late 1960s and early 1970s, grooming and assaulting 21 victims aged as young as eight on scores of occasions.

Former Wheatley Park assistant headteacher Roger Kerr jailed for sex abuse

Saturday 6 December 2014 / News

A FORMER teacher at an Oxfordshire school who preyed on teenage boys has been jailed for seven years.

Roger Kerr was convicted of “lewd acts” with three boys, including indecently assaulting two of them while massaging them at his home after they played squash. In another incident, the then-assistant headteacher at Wheatley Park School kissed a teenage boy who he said he thought was gay.

As Kerr was jailed, one of his victims – who is in his 20s – said having to relive the trauma for the trial at Aylesbury Crown Court had been highly stressful.

Kerr, 52, who now lives in Surbiton, Surrey, and runs a tree surgery business, carried out the assaults between 1999 and 2002.

Jailing him at Aylesbury Crown Court on Thursday, Judge Kristina Montgomery said the boys and their families were “utterly and totally betrayed” by him.

One of the boys, who was 17 at the time and is now in his 20s, said it had been highly stressful to relive the trauma in front of strangers during Kerr’s trial.

He said: “I was accused of being homophobic, of low to average intelligence, of being immature, a colluder and a liar.”

Kerr had indecently assaulted the teenager after playing squash with him. He bought him alcohol and then offered to massage his back. It was during this massage that Kerr touched the boy sexually.

 

Kerr, of Surbiton Park Hill, stared straight ahead throughout the hearing and showed no emotion when sentenced. He worked at the school from September 1989 to September 2002 and was described a “highly respected and highly valued” teacher there.

He had also been in charge of geography and continuing education.

However the court heard he had “thrown away his talent”.

Judge Montgomery said of his victims: “Each of them speaks of the long-lasting effect of your behaviour towards them and how easily they might not have achieved that which they have done.”
Kerr was jailed for three years for both of the indecent assaults where he massaged the boys and 12 months for the incident where he kissed a boy.

He will be placed on the sex offenders’ register for life and was given a Sexual Offenders’ Prevention Order for 10 years.

Current headteacher at Wheatley Park School Kate Curtis said: “We are extremely vigilant about the safety of young people in our care, and we did everything we could to contribute to this investigation.”

Oxfordshire County Council cabinet member for education Melinda Tilley said she was shocked by the assaults.

She said: “My reaction is the same as anyone else in these cases, and he is where he belongs.

“I think children at Oxfordshire schools are, in general, safe, and most schools take safeguarding children very seriously.”