Deborah Franklin, a 65-year-old teacher from Hertfordshire, is convicted of child sexual abuse involving a boy she tutored in the 1990s. Multiple reports say Franklin taught at a preparatory school at the time of the offences and that the victim was aged between nine and 12. The Independent reports that Franklin is found guilty of subjecting the boy to “repeated sexual activity” and alleges she tied the child to a bed before the abuse. The Mirror reports additional details from trial, including that Franklin called out her husband’s name during a sexual act. Franklin’s conviction and sentencing are reported as leading to jail, though the exact length of the sentence is not specified in the articles provided. The case is presented as historical, with the alleged conduct dating to when Franklin was working in education in Hertfordshire and before the conviction that now results in a custodial outcome.
Hertfordshire teacher Deborah Franklin convicted of historical child sexual abuse
Deborah Franklin, a 65-year-old teacher from Hertfordshire, is convicted of child sexual abuse involving a boy she tutored in the 1990s. Multiple reports say Franklin taught at a preparatory school at...
- Deborah Franklin, 65, is convicted of child sexual abuse involving a boy tutored by her in the 1990s.
- Franklin taught at a preparatory school in Hertfordshire at the time of the offences.
- Reports say the victim was aged between nine and 12 during the alleged abuse.
- One report says Franklin tied the boy to a bed before the sexual activity.
- Reports say Franklin called out her husband’s name during a sexual act.
Deborah Franklin was the boy’s private tutor and subjected him to ‘repeated sexual activity’
3 hours agoTeacher Deborah Franklin, 65, taught at a preparatory school in Hertfordshire at the time of the offences in the 1990s
4 hours agoDeborah Franklin taught at a preparatory school in Hertfordshire at the time of the alleged offences in the 1990s, when the boy would have been aged between nine and 12
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