Following Paul Stainsby’s court appearance victims of historic sexual abuse at Warwick School are now stepping forward in numbers. Today I have heard from a man who is the sixth victim, of whom I am aware, of music teacher Charles Watmough. And I have also been contacted by a chap in Scarborough where Charlie retired to after Warwick to give private piano lessons to little boys.
Following Paul Stainsby’s court appearance victims of historic sexual abuse at Warwick School are now stepping forward in numbers. Today I have heard from a man who is the sixth victim, of whom I am aware, of music teacher Charles Watmough. And I have also been contacted by a chap in Scarborough where Charlie retired to after Warwick to give private piano lessons to little boys.
Five OWs have now come forward to allege sexual abuse against former Warwick School music teacher Charles Watmough. He was interviewed under caution by the Police but for reasons I cannot explain they decided not to prosecute. I tracked him down to Scarborough where he now lives, a couple of years ago, and attempted to doorstep him but he refused to answer the door. Over the weekend another OW has been in touch.
The 14 year campaign I have waged to get Warwick School to address historic sexual and physical abuse all started with an encounter with Geoffrey Eve, the man who twice threw my head against a wall, at the one and only OW reunion I have ever attended. As Warwick finally, partially ‘fesses up, numerous OW’s have today been in touch regarding both sexual and physical abuse. Here is one chap talking about Eve.
Friday 23rd of January was a day of drama in the Warwick School historic abuse saga and Paul Stainsby’s Court appearance prompted the school to send out an offensively misleading letter to alumni and parents. Since then, thanks to the power of Google, I have been swamped with emails from boys recounting horrors past, chatted to some and can reveal that another teacher from my era is now under Police investigation.
I am advised that I should not be allowed to attend the first hearing, tomorrow, in the case against ex Warwick School teacher Paul Stainsby tomorrow as he stands accused of 12 accusations of sexual abuse against boys. Apparently I might learn something I did not know that might contaminate my evidence lest Stainsby pleads not guilty and it goes to a full trial. But my coverage of the case and my 14 year campaign to get Warwick to accept what happened on its watch has seen more OW’s contact me. It seems old memories, buried for years, are being triggered in men now in their 40s, 50s or even older.
It was on January 27 1945 that the Russian army liberated a camp in Poland, a place whose name will go down in infamy, Auschwitz. More than 1.1 million folks were murdered there during the war, almost all of them Jews. So just over one sixth of the victims of the holocaust perished in that spot. Each year on January 27 we celebrate Holocaust Memorial Day and say Never Again. Or we should. For this family of non Jews there are very personal links to Auschwitz.
