PAEDOPHILE, 70, SEXUALLY ABUSED BOYS AT BOARDING SCHOOL
A paedophile who sexually abused two boys at a boarding school in the Cotswolds 50 years ago has been jailed for nearly five years.Paul Boulton-Lea, of Acreman Street, Sherborne, Dorset, was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court.
The 70-year-old denied two counts of indecent assault on a male person and indecency with a child under 14 years.
The charges relate to a former pupil at Kingham Hill School, a boarding school near Chipping Norton which educates pupils aged 11 to 18, between 1974 and 1975.
The offences reportedly occurred on at least 10 occasions when Boulton-Lea was in his late teens.
A jury previously found him guilty of one count of indecent assault on a male person and indecency with a child under 14, with verdicts returned on December 5.
He was also found guilty of another count of indecent assault on a male person by a unanimous verdict.
Boulton-Lea was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison on January 16.
During the trial, prosecutor Brian Reece stated: "The prosecution say the defendant is someone who has lived with a dark secret and convinced that he would never be held accountable for what he did." The judge, Maria Lamb, said: "These offences were committed in the presence of others in abuse of trust.
You were in your late teens at the time.
You are now 70.
Immediate custody will bite hard here.
There is overwhelming character evidence in your support.
The harm you caused cannot be measured in years." As well as his prison sentence, Boulton-Lea was ordered to be subject to an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and notification requirements.
