
A former teacher and choirmaster, who is also a musician and had worked on TV and film projects including Wallace and Gromit, has been jailed for 12 years for child sex offences concerning 19 victims and spanning more than 40 years.
David Pickthall was made an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2015 for his services to education and charity, and had worked on a number of TV and film projects.