An ex-
Ealing teacher and retired vicar has been jailed for 13 years following a string of sexual assaults against four victims.
Roger Wakely, of Exeter, Devon, was jailed on Friday (November 13) at Guildford Crown Court, according to
Met police .
He was found guilty of 27 counts of non-recent sexual assault offences against four victims between the 1960s and 1980s.
The 73-year-old was convicted of 25 counts of indecent assault on a boy under the age of 16, and two counts of attempted buggery on a boy under the age of 16.
Wakely was a teacher at Ealing Grammar School between 1964 and 1972.
A court heard how he targeted two victims there by asking them to come to his office on the pretext of discussing coursework.
The assaults took place at both the school and his home address.
One of the cases at the school was investigated by the Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command of the Met police.
Wakely was subsequently charged and convicted of 18 sexual offences against the victim, who was under 16 years at the time.
Detective Constable Sara McDowell of Surrey Police, who led the investigation, said: "Today's (November 13) conviction is the result of a lengthy and complex investigation, which involved working with the Metropolitan Police and Leicestershire Police in order to bring Wakely to justice.
"Wakely's predatory behaviour came to light after one of his victims had the courage to come forward and speak out about the abuse he had suffered.
"This in turn led us to identify further victims, who had all been targeted by Wakely while he was in a position of trust, which he repeatedly abused.
"I would like to commend the bravery of all four victims in giving evidence and can only hope that today's conviction will provide some sort of closure for them."
Six of the offences took place in Sunbury-on-Thames in Surrey, with the other offences taking place in London and Leicester.
Surrey Police launched an investigation in December 2013 after one of the victims came forward and reported that he had been sexually abused by Wakely.
The victim said the abuse happened between 1978 and 1981 while he was at a pupil at the Bishop Wand Church of England School in Sunbury-on-Thames.
Wakely was also convicted of a sexual assault against a fourth victim while he was a vicar in the parish of Gaulby in Leicestershire.
He was arrested in connection with the Surrey offences in February 2014 and charged in September 2014.
40 years on... pervert teacher is jailed for abusing pupils at Leeds school
Seymour Stephenson-Dall, aged 73.
Jailed for two years, eight months, at Leeds Crown Court today for historic sexual abuse of pupils while he was a teacher at Eastmoor Remand School in Leeds in the early 1970s.
Seymour Stephenson-Dall, aged 73. Jailed for two years, eight months, at Leeds Crown Court today for historic sexual abuse of pupils while he was a teacher at Eastmoor Remand School in Leeds in the early 1970s.
12:23Thursday 29 October 2015
A FORMER teacher has been jailed for sexually abusing boys while working at a school for vulnerable boys with behavioural problems.
Seymour Stephenson-Dall, 73, was sentenced to two years, eight months after admitting to indecently assaulting two boys when he was a housemaster at Eastmoor Approved School in the early 1970s.
Leeds Crown Court heard Stephenson-Dall was aged in his early thirties at the time he abused the boys who were aged between 15 and 17 at the time.
Richard Wright, QC, prosecuting, told the court Stephenson-Dall abused the trust that had been placed in him to care for the youngsters.
Many of the boys were sent to live at the school, which was based in Adel, Leeds, under court orders and he had a level of responsibility similar to being a parent.
The court heard Stephenson-Dall invited one of the victims to his private living quarters and got him drunk on whisky before subjecting him to sexual abuse.
Mr Wright said: “He was scared of the defendant and did what he was told.”
After his arrest Stephenson-Dall admitted inviting the boys to his flat on several occasions before sexually abusing them.
He also confessed to sexually abusing a number of other victims but they did not make complaints against him.
Stephenson-Dall, of Ash Terrace, Bingley, pleaded guilty to four offences of indecent assault against two boys. One of the victims is now dead.
The court heard the charges only represented a sample of his offending and he had abused boys on a wider scale.
Tim Capstick, mitigating, said his client had accepted his guilt soon after being arrested.
He said: “While these are serious offences, he has done what he can to acknowledge his wrong doing.”
Mr Capstick added: “He is a very different man, I submit, to the person who committed these offences.”
Jailing Stephenson-Dall, Judge Neil Clark said: “All children are vulnerable, but by the very nature of this school it is clear that the children there had problems and were particularly vulnerable.
“It also follows that because they were residents at that school, you had a degree of power or control over them that exceeded that of a teacher at a normal school.
“You were almost like a parent.”
After the case, Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Superintendent Jon Morgan said: “Stephenson-Dall abused his position of trust to exploit vulnerable children for his own sexual gratification.
“We hope the fact he has now had to answer for his crimes will go some way towards helping the victims to deal with the trauma he has caused them.
“This case again highlights that the passage of time is no barrier to justice and it should not deter victims from coming forward and reporting offences.
“We treat any reports of offences of this nature very seriously and will support victims and do all we can to see the offenders brought to justice.”
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