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Respected teacher and ‘pillar of society’ unmasked as paedophile who abused boys

A respected teacher and ‘pillar’ of his community was actually a predatory paedophile whose abuse devastated the lives of two boys.

David Williams, 83, used his position and standing to sexually abuse his victims hundreds of times over the course of a decade.

Prosecutor Lee Bremridge told the court how he befriended the boys’ parents who let them stay over at his house.

Williams, a teacher at Budehaven School in Bude, Cornwall, let them play games, stay up late and cooked them pancakes as part of a sick grooming campaign.

But when they went to bed, Williams would launch his sexual attacks. He often went to church the following day while their parents picked them up.

One man was just six when Williams began sexually abusing him.

In a heart-wrenching impact statement, a victim said the abuse was so regular it became ‘completely normal’.

He said: ‘Nowhere is safe and there are triggers everywhere. I’m not even safe when I close my eyes and try to sleep. Memories keep coming back and taunting me.

‘The abuse had a huge effect on my relationships with friends and family and my ability to cope with work.’

While at school, he would make himself sick or cover his face with talcum powder, so he looked ill and didn’t have to face Williams.

He went on to state how he had lived a lonely life, with two failed marriages, pushing anyone away who tried to get close.

When he once saw Williams in a pub, it made him physically sick, adding: ‘There is nothing historic about historic sexual abuse.’

The second victim addressed Williams directly in the dock, telling him: ‘David Williams, or as I used to call you, “Uncle David by the sea”.

‘At first, I was too young to know what you were doing or why. I was too young to know you were grooming me. You were already a widely respected teacher at Budehaven School.

‘I don’t know how many times you abused me. There were simply too many. It started while I was at primary school and ended 10 years later.

‘The effects have been destructive and long-lasting. Years after the physical abuse finished, the emotional abuse continues and lives with me to this day.’

He added: ‘After you’d finished you pat my bottom and say “well done” or “thank you”. You then went to St Michael’s Church and everyone else would see the other side of you. They didn’t know a child had just been sexually abused in your bed just a minute away. At church you were a friend and at home you were a paedophile.’

Jailing Williams for 16 years, Judge Simon Carr said: ‘These were both young men – I will call them survivors – who have struggled with what you have done. You are a predatory paedophile who groomed young children over a prolonged period of time for your own sexual gratification.’

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