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BENEDICT MOORE-BRIDGER

Holland Park teacher jailed for sex abuse of pupil in grounds of school

Paul Danby has been jailed for more than four years after admitting multiple charges of sexually abusing a teenage pupil (Picture: Metropolitan Police)

A teacher at one of Britain’s leading state schools has been jailed for four and a half years after admitting multiple charges of sexually abusing a pupil.

Paul Danby, 35, molested the pupil and forced her into sexual activity in the grounds of Holland Park School between March 2014 and July 2015.

At a hearing at Isleworth crown court last month he admitted four counts of sexual activity with a child, and two counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

Danby was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely and was barred from ever working with children again.

“Outstanding”: Holland Park School underwent an £80 million rebuild which finished in 2012, making it Britain’s most expensive state school.

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