Christopher Hart
Former Radlett teacher jailed for historic indecent assaults against schoolboys (16th April 2019)
Former Radlett teacher Christopher Hart jailed for abusing schoolboys more than 30 years ago (11th April 2019)
Former teacher jailed for abusing Radlett schoolboys (10th April 2019)
A former Radlett teacher has been jailed for four years after indecently assaulting his pupils 30 years ago (during the 1970s and 1980s). Christopher Hart targeted boys aged 8 to 13 by finding ways to be alone with them or engaging in group play fights. The now 79-year-old worked as a science and computer studies teacher at Edge Grove School in Radlett at the time, and was described as scary by some of his victims. Described as "scary" by some of his victims, Hart would find ways to be alone with a boy; on other occasions he would fight with groups of boys, targeting one boy and sexually abusing them. Most of the offences took place on school grounds and many near the pool, where Hart supervised swimming. However, some of the crimes happened at his cottage in Devon, where he took boys for end-of-year trips. The crimes came to light some 30 years later, in 2017, after a victim reported his ordeal to the school's headteacher - who in turn advised him to report it to the police. Officers were then able to investigate and approach other victims to testify against Hart. Mr Hart was found guilty of eight counts of indecent assault against five boys who were all under 14, and not guilty on one count of indecent assault, sentenced at Harrow Crown Court on April 10. Hart "was sentenced to four years in jail, and to be indefinitely included on the sex offenders register, on the same day. Senior crown prosecutor Jason Wolfe said: "Christopher Hart took advantage of his position as a teacher to commit these awful crimes which have had life-long consequences for his victims. We recognise how difficult it has been for the victims to give evidence in this case - for some of them this was the first time they have spoken about what happened to them. We hope they feel a sense of justice now that Hart has been convicted." Senior Crown Prosecutor Mr Jason Wolfe is part of the Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) unit in Crown Prosecution Service Thames and Chiltern. Anyone who has information about criminal activity, historic or otherwise, should contact police on 101. There are various charities available for anyone who has been the victim of sexual abuse, including Victim Support on 0808 1689 111.
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< Convicted found guilty of eight counts of indecent assault against five boys, all under 14 at the time.
Sentenced at Harrow Crown Court to four years in prison on April 10 2019.
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