Body is 'sex case' headmaster

Alistair Wilbee disappeared in August

A decomposed body found on the Isle of Wight has been identified as a missing head teacher who had been charged with a sex assault.

Alistair Wilbee disappeared from his home in Shanklin on 28 August.

On the following day, details of an alleged sex assault had been due to be published in a local paper.

Mr Wilbee, 47, had faced Newport magistrates charged with indecent assault on a boy under 14.

Two walkers found his remains at Cowleaze Hill, near Shanklin, on 24 October.

A post-mortem examination showed the married father-of-two had died by hanging.

Because of the condition of the body, police then carried out formal identification using DNA.

Mr Wilbee was the head teacher of Summerfields Primary School, Newport, Isle of Wight.

At the time of his disappearance, his wife Gail said her husband strenuously denied the charge, adding that the accusation had destroyed a lifetime's work.

An inquest is expected to open at Newport on the island on Friday.