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ALAN JOHNSON AND GREATER MANCHESTER: SCHOOL BUS DRIVER WITH SEX CRIME HISTORY RECRUITED DESPITE PAST

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In June 2005, a school bus driver with a known criminal background was employed for a school-run service in Greater Manchester, despite his history of sex offenses. Alan Johnson, now 57, later sexuall.... Scroll down for more information.


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    ALAN JOHNSON AND GREATER MANCHESTER: SCHOOL BUS DRIVER WITH SEX CRIME HISTORY RECRUITED DESPITE PAST

    In June 2005, a school bus driver with a known criminal background was employed for a school-run service in Greater Manchester, despite his history of sex offenses. Alan Johnson, now 57, later sexually assaulted a vulnerable 12-year-old girl in the area last year. It was only when Johnson was convicted and sentenced at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court that his prior convictions came to light.

    Johnson had previously been convicted twice for indecent exposure, once in 1974 and again in 1984. Judge Peter Lakin ordered an investigation by education authorities into how he was able to secure a position involving contact with children.

    The bus company responsible for employing Johnson, Belle Vue Manchester, based in Gorton, stated they would not have hired him had they known about his criminal record. Legislation introduced in 2002 mandated checks with the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) for individuals working with children. Johnson had worked for the company for 12 years, primarily without these checks, as they were only conducted on new hires. Although some background checks were done when he applied for private hire and coach driver licenses, these failed to reveal his past convictions.

    The mother of the girl, who cannot be named to protect her identity, expressed her shock, saying, “I was amazed when I heard his previous convictions in court. I was very upset. He was grooming her for six months. It’s obvious his intention was something far worse. The authorities should have carried out the right checks. They should have known about his history and he should not have been allowed to be a school-run bus driver.”

    Johnson, a resident of Newton Heath and father of three, was sentenced to serve one year in prison, ordered to register as a sex offender for seven years, and permanently banned from working with children after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a child under 13.

    The incident involved a school that had previously taken steps to improve behavior on its buses by hiring a permanent driver who could build relationships with pupils to better monitor conduct. The contract for this service was awarded by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive to Belle Vue Manchester, which assigned Johnson to the role. Johnson's employment only came under scrutiny after the victim confided in her sister, who then informed their mother.

    The girl's mother remarked, “He was brought in to help improve the behavior of some pupils. There had been a few issues, and they thought having a regular driver would help. But people complained, and they came up with this idea. They were encouraging a relationship with this man, and he wasn’t properly police-checked. The bus company should have done a proper criminal record check, and the school should have confirmed that it had been done.”

    A Home Office spokesman confirmed that CRB officials would check for any convictions, regardless of how old they might be.

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