{"id":10388,"date":"2026-01-26T13:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/teacher-jailed-over-1970s-child-abuse-images\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:30:16","slug":"teacher-jailed-over-1970s-child-abuse-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/teacher-jailed-over-1970s-child-abuse-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher jailed over 1970s child abuse images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A man has been jailed for possession of child abuse images that he created in the 1970s while teaching at a boarding school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alexander Johnston, 78, from Saltash in Cornwall, was employed at fee-paying Bishop&#8217;s Stortford College, Hertfordshire between 1976 and 1979.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Johnston, of Longmeadow Road, changed his plea to guilty on the first day of his trial at Cambridge Crown Court earlier this month and was jailed for 51 weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Det Con Jess Berg, from the Non-Recent Child Abuse Investigation Team at Hertfordshire Police, said he was &#8220;a dangerous sexual predator&#8230; who took advantage of a position of power for his own sexual gratification&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The court heard Johnston often plied his victim with alcohol and had created indecent images of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Due to the legislation at the time of the offences he could not be charged with creating the images, which is now a separate offence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, Johnston kept the images for more than 50 years and police officers were able to recover and use these as evidence, Hertfordshire Police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The court has also been placed him on the sex offenders register for 10 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Berg commended the victim &#8220;for their incredible bravery in coming forward&#8221; and hoped the sentence paved the way for some closure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It does not matter how much time has passed; we were able to get this dangerous predator sent to prison for crimes he committed 50 years ago,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on <\/em><em>BBC Sounds<\/em><em>, <\/em><em>Facebook<\/em><em>, <\/em><em>Instagram<\/em><em> and <\/em><em>X<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">More on this story<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Related internet links<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a ><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been jailed for possession of child abuse images that he created in the 1970s while teaching at a boarding school. Alexander Johnston, 78, from Saltash in Cornwall, was employed at fee-paying Bishop&#8217;s Stortford College, Hertfordshire between 1976 and 1979. 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