Friday 10 June 2011

Somerset primary teacher Nigel Leat filmed abuse


Nigel Leat - Avon and Somerset Police Leat pleaded guilty to charges of sexually abusing children
A North Somerset primary school teacher filmed himself sexually abusing young girls in his classroom, a court heard.
Nigel Leat, 51, of Bloomfield Road, Bristol, admitted 36 sexual offences at Bristol Crown Court in May.
The charges included one count of attempted rape, 22 of sexually assaulting a child under 13 and eight of sexual assault by penetration.
The court heard Leat filmed his abuse of five girls at Hillside First School, Weston-super-Mare, over five years.
An order banning the naming of the school was lifted in court earlier.
Leat was due to be sentenced for his crimes at Bristol Crown Court on Friday, but sentencing will now be carried out on Tuesday.
The offences were committed against five pupils aged between six and eight.
'Too tactile' The court was told how Leat would abuse the girls as they read aloud in class, getting them to perform sex acts on him at the same time.
Some relatives broke down in tears in the public gallery.
The married father-of-two wrote letters to one victim, asking her to perform sex acts on him.
Leat initially denied the allegations, but confessed after police found films of the abuse on his home computer in December last year.
The court was told the teacher, who worked at the school for 15 years, was warned about being too "tactile" with the girls in his class by the deputy head in 2008.
Staff were worried that it might leave him open to accusations of improper behaviour.
No further action was ever taken.

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