UNITED KINGDOM
The Northern Echo
by Graeme Hetherington
A FORMER teacher, who systematically abused children in his classroom at a Catholic primary school, has been jailed for five years for his ‘reprehensible’ crimes.
Ronald Wotton carried out a prolonged series of abuse on a number of pupils at the east Durham school between 1968 and 1980 – his reign of intimidation and sexual abuse coming to an end following a series of complaints.
A court heard how pupils would feign illness and some had resorted to drinking washing up liquid to make themselves sick, rather than attend school and face the possibility of being sexually abused in front of their classmates.
The 73-year-old of Park Lane, Murton, Seaham, County Durham, pleaded guilty to 21 charges, including 17 of indecent assault, three of indecency with a male and one of indecency with a child.
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