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Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Now this raises a question in my mind.

Never mind apologies...... if he is released without charge - I wonder if he is able to sue the newspapers for printing defammatory and libellious stories?

What I also find strange is: he worked at that school from 1967 to 2001 - if pupils found him so odd and he had anything 'suspect' (not killer wise, I mean in the way he is now being portrayed as some sick weirdo) - I doubt any private school would have retained his services. He worked there for 34 years - eccentric or not, he clearly wasn't that 'odd'.

It is all trial by media at this stage and it really is bang out of order. All this kind of nonsense should be embargoed until a final decision is made - ie: if and when he has been charged, placed in court for trial and found guilty (based on facts and forensics and not just circumstancial evidence - something I find a complete enigma).

Happy New Year Mids

There's a guy on DS that was a pupil of CJ, who has nothing but praise for him, as an interesting and diligent schoolmaster. He's basically said that everything he has read in the tabloids is BS in regard to his character and I must admit all that jazz about Rossetti and films about the Holocaust (er, hello, anyone received an education that writes for the gutter press ??)

Like you, I understand the PS system, and agree that is pretty normal to be invited to a masters house/flat for pizza, or philosophy discussions, or to listen to music. Their life is entrenched in the school and therefore the pupils.

And everyone using these pages, or FB etc really should be cautious in what and how they write. If a person of interest to the press (not just the LL, for all we know there may be others in the frame) is discussed in an inappropriate way, it could be used by a defence team to show that they cannot receive a fair trial. Not wagging fingers, it is just something everyone needs to be mindful of.

I am embarassed to say that I find myself ghoulishly intrigued by this sad mystery. My son lives a mere stones throw away from the flat so I know the area very well, but there is definately a whodunnit quality that makes me feel a bitashamed of myself for my interest.