{"id":9739,"date":"2019-06-08T11:20:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T09:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9739"},"modified":"2019-06-08T11:20:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T09:20:51","slug":"after-school-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/9739\/","title":{"rendered":"After School Detention"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in August 2017 I wrote a post<\/a> about a teacher in my old school who’d been jailed for sexually abusing boys when he was at previous schools. I didn’t link to the original news story or name the guy because I didn’t want my old school associated with him on the basis of my blog post. However, I can now say his name is Jonathan O’Brien and the story of his conviction is here<\/a>. I am able to do so because of this new report<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A former teacher from Bosham has been jailed after being found guilty of indecent assault on a teenager.<\/p>\n

Jonathan O’Brien, 61, was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on Friday (24 May) having pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent assault in the 90’s when he worked at a West Sussex college.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

PC Yvonne Daddow said: “This offending came to light when the victim contacted us for the first time in 2017. Having courageously come forward he supported our investigation and was ready to give evidence in court if necessary.<\/p>\n

“It became clear that O’Brien had used an allegedly mutual interest in computers to in effect gradually ‘groom’ the boy into sexual activity, in O’Brien’s study at the school and his home in Oxfordshire. The boy kept the distressing experiences to himself for more than 20 years until an chance family discussion to some media coverage on the general subject of sexual offending triggered him into coming forward.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I learned about this because my school sent a letter out to its former pupils informing us. This happened while I was at the school, and I have a good idea who the boy was. I have an even better idea of which other boys he may have been eyeing up for similar treatment, which earned him a reputation of a wrong ‘un among the pupils and at least one or two of the staff. I’m glad the boy in question came forward, and it’s a shame we were all a couple of years too young to have sorted O’Brien out ourselves. I hope the boy – now a man – feels a bit better now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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