March 2017

Man, 74, jailed for five years on abuse charges

A 74-year-old man has been jailed for five and a half years after being found guilty of child abuse charges.

Christopher Roy Bacon was charged with three counts of indecent assault dating back to the 1970s and 80s.

Bacon of Le Marais was described as an arrogant ‘predatory paedophile’ who used his position to ‘prey on vulnerable pupils’.

Bacon was a teacher at d’Hautree School in Jersey, which closed in the 90s.

The offences were committed against six boys who were aged between 11 and 14 years old.

He was sentenced at Jersey’s Royal Court this morning.

February 2017

Teacher was ‘predatory paedophile’

A former music teacher has been convicted of a series of sexual crimes against boys at a Jersey secondary school more than 35 years ago

Christopher Roy Bacon of Le Marais was described as an arrogant ‘predatory paedophile’ who used his position to ‘prey on vulnerable pupils’.

The 74-year-old was found guilty following an Assize jury trial involving seven charges of indecent assault and one count of procuring an act of gross indecency in the late 70s and early 80s at d’Hautrée School.

The offences were committed against six boys who were aged between 11 and 14 years old.

Reporting restrictions on the case, which was heard in the Royal Court in November, were only lifted at the end of a second trial Bacon faced, in which he was acquitted of a separate charge of indecent assault against a young girl not connected to the school.

Bacon, who has been remanded in custody, is due to be sentenced by the Superior Number of the Royal Court on 15 March.