Presumed Guilty
eBook - ePub

Presumed Guilty

A teacher's solitary battle to clear his name

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Presumed Guilty

A teacher's solitary battle to clear his name

About this book

On 18 December 2012, Simon Warr's life was changed irrevocably.A respected boarding school teacher, described by his peers as 'one of the outstanding schoolmasters of his generation', Warr was arrested following an allegation of historical child abuse. The complainant was a former pupil at a school where Warr had taught over thirty years previously. Although horrified by the claim, Warr was confident that without conclusive evidence the case would be dropped immediately. Instead, he spent an agonising 672 days on bail, waiting first to be charged and then for the case to go to trial.It took a jury less than forty minutes to acquit Warr unanimously on all charges. But despite being exonerated by the court, the damage to his reputation was irreversible. And while he struggled to cope in the devastating aftermath of the false accusations levelled against him, his complainants walked away with impunity, under a permanent cloak of anonymity.Presumed Guilty is a harrowing true story that examines our flawed justice system and an impassioned plea for us to reconsider the way our police handle cases of alleged historical child abuse, to protect innocent people against further false claims.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. DEDICATION
  5. FOREWORD
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. CHAPTER ONE: EARLY YEARS AND START OF MY TEACHING CAREER
  8. CHAPTER TWO: ROYAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL YEARS
  9. CHAPTER THREE: THE ARREST
  10. CHAPTER FOUR: BACKGROUND TO MY ARREST
  11. CHAPTER FIVE: WARR CONTRA MUNDUM
  12. CHAPTER SIX: SECOND POLICE INTERVIEW
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN: POLICE TRAWLING PRODUCES ANOTHER COMPLAINANT
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT: CHARGED ON SEVEN COUNTS
  15. CHAPTER NINE: FIRST COURT APPEARANCE
  16. CHAPTER TEN: ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT
  17. CHAPTER ELEVEN: DAYS BEFORE THE TRIAL
  18. CHAPTER TWELVE: THE TRIAL AT IPSWICH CROWN COURT
  19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE CASE FOR THE DEFENCE
  20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: THE VERDICTS AND THE AFTERMATH
  21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN: COMPENSATION FOR THE COMPLAINANTS
  22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN: MORE PRESSURE TO BEAR
  23. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: FIGHTING BACK
  24. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: MANACLED TO LIES
  25. CHAPTER NINETEEN: CREDIBLE AND TRUE OR INCREDIBLE AND FALSE?
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY: CHANGES WHICH MUST SURELY COME
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: THE IMPACT OF BEING WRONGLY ACCUSED
  28. AFTERWORD
  29. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  30. COPYRIGHT