UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
Victims of a sexualy abusive teacher feigned illness, and in one case swallowed washing up liquid in order to avoid him, a court has been told.
Ronald Wotton pleaded guilty to 17 counts of indecent assault, three of indecency with a male and one of indecency with a child.
The 73-year-old, of Park Lane, Murton, Seaham, was jailed for five years.
Teesside Crown Court heard the offences took place at a Roman Catholic school between 1969 and 1980.
Judge Howard Crowson said: “You were sadly operating at a time when, to most of the adult public, it was inconceivable for this type of offending to be committed by a teacher.”
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