ENGLAND
The Independent
January 4, 2018
By Rachel McDermott
Danielle Perrett, 58, in court along with former boyfriend Richard Barton-Wood, 68, a church warden, over seven counts of indecent assault dating back to 1980s
One of the world’s most renowned harpists, who has played privately for the royal family, has appeared in court accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy.
Danielle Perrett, 58, is accused of seven indecent assaults which date back to the 1980s.
She is charged with church warden Richard Barton-Wood who she is understood to have been in a relationship at the time of the alleged offences.
Barton-Wood, 68, has pleaded not guilty to five counts of indecent assault on a teenage male, two charges of attempting to commit buggery and a further allegation of attempting to indecently assault a teenager.
Barton-Wood, of Wymondham, Norfolk, is said to have been involved in teaching in Suffolk, at the time.
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