A FORMER headteacher has been convicted of 15 sexual offences against boys as young as 10.

A jury yesterday found David Tuohy, of Whitehouse Road, South Oxford, guilty of 15 separate charges of indecent assault.

The jury heard he assaulted the boys in the 1970s during his time as head at New Eccles Hall School, in Quidenham, Norfolk.

All the charges are in connection to five boys aged under 13 between September 1972 and March 1983.

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Tuohy, 83, denied 18 counts of indecent assault and four of a serious sexual offence.

The jury took five and a half hours to return its verdict.

Det Con Faith Morris, of Norfolk Constabulary, said: “Tuohy used a position of absolute trust to abuse his victims and commit a string of offences.

“The fact Tuohy pleaded not guilty meant his victims were forced to relive the traumatic events that occurred all those years ago.”

Tuohy was convicted of seven counts of indecent assault against one boy, three counts of indecent assault against a second boy, one count against a third, two counts against a fourth and two against a fifth.

He was found not guilty of seven counts including four serious sexual assaults and three indecent assaults against one of the boys.

Norwich Crown Court heard that following publicity of the case, a further four possible victims have come forward.

Tuohy has been bailed and will return to the court on March 13 for sentencing.


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