When he was interviewed by police, Shotton said he only knew the boy vaguely and he had been sent to him on one occasion when he had been naughty.
Shotton, of The Twitten, Albourne, near Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, said he was shocked by the allegations and denied being alone with the boy during lunchtimes.
After an article about the teacher appeared in a local newspaper, two other victims came forward separately and independently to report similar allegations.
Prosecutor Patricia Lees told the jury: “Was it either an enormous coincidence or three people recalling very similar events from their past?”
She said the second boy had told a friend what had happened to him nearly a year before the newspaper article was written, the jury heard.
Likewise, the third boy had told his girlfriend what had happened to him before the story was published.
More Suspect Teachers from the so called Good Old Days12
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leg slapping1
I went to secondary school during the 1970’s and fell victim to the hand of Mrs Venters a history...
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Prep Class Memories1
When I first started school prep school in 1958, prep students sat at small tables on wooden chairs. These...
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Did the Cane Hurt as Much as you Thought41
It was hard to escape the reputation of predecessors from your family in school. I still remember a comment...
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School Corporal Punishment History1
The school was Kostka Hall, Brighton, Victoria, which is a preparatory school to Xavier College, Kew. The quotes are...
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Old-Fashioned Terms for a Caning8
where some boys would just simply say ‘I got six of the best’ while otheres would ommit ‘the best’...
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Should unlawful incidents of school CP be taken to the Courts30
I suggested, above, that a defence to a charge of battery would be available to a headmaster who had been given...
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Discipline at Home & School 9
When my mother tanned me with ‘the slipper’, it was actually an old, large tennis shoe of my...
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The Cane and the Double Standard53
The cultural aspect of peoples attitudes to corporal punishment is very strong. I am always amazed to find as...