- Former prep school teacher Deborah Franklin, 65, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing a young boy she tutored in Hertfordshire during the 1990s.
- She was convicted at St Albans Crown Court of eight counts of gross indecency against the victim, who was aged between nine and 12 at the time.
- Judge Choudhry condemned her actions as a profound abuse of trust after the court heard she repeatedly subjected the boy to sexual acts during private lessons.
- The victim, who reported the abuse to police in March 2024, detailed incidents where Franklin stripped naked and engaged in inappropriate sexual behaviour instead of teaching.
- Franklin maintained her innocence throughout the trial, denying all allegations and claiming she had no memory of tutoring the boy.
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Hertfordshire teacher jailed for sexually abusing schoolboy she tutored
