Presumed Guilty : a Teacher's solitary battle to clear his name
Warr, Simon2017
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On the evening of 18 December 2012, boarding school teacher Simon Warr, who had been described by his Headmaster as 'one of the outstanding schoolmasters of his generation', was arrested at his home following an allegation of historical child abuse. The complainant was unknown to Warr other than the fact he happened to be a pupil in a school where Warr had taught over 30 years previously. Even though there was no evidence to support the complainant's allegation, Warr was kept on bail for nine months before being charge. He then had to wait a further 13 months for the case to go to trial. This is the story of how Simon Warr spent 672 days on bail, single-handedly mounting his defence against the seemingly limitless resources of a police incident room team. In the end, however, truth is the strongest resource of all, and the jury took fewer than 40 minutes to acquit him unanimously on all charges.
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Author:
Warr, Simon, author
Imprint:
London : Biteback Publishing, 2017.
Collation:
400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781785901812 (hbk)
Dewey class:
345.41025554092
LC class:
KD7974
Local class:
345.41
Language:
English
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BRN:
1818878
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