Teacher jailed for indecent assaults

The history teacher denied all the charges against him

A teacher who indecently assaulted two boys after sending them up to 1,500 text messages has been jailed for four years.

History teacher Wasim Majid, 27, of Aylesbury Street, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, was convicted last month of two charges of indecency with a child and two counts of indecent assault.

Majid, who has been suspended from his job at a Northamptonshire school since the boys made the initial claim in December 2002, was cleared of one charge of rape between January and March.

But he was found guilty on an alternative, third count of indecent assault. He had denied all charges.

You were devious and manipulative simply to serve your own selfish ends which had to do with your sexual gratification Judge Charles Wide QC

Appearing at Northampton Crown Court on Monday, Majid was told that he was a predatory figure who targeted "vulnerable" young boys "for your own sexual gratification".

Jailing Majid for four years, and extending licence proceedings for a further three years, Judge Charles Wide QC said: "You embarked on a carefully calculated and planned campaign to abuse two young and vulnerable 15-year-old boys.

'Abused trust'

"You were deliberately and calculatedly using your position to abuse children in your charge.

"You deliberately and calculatedly abused trust placed in you by pupils and staff. Entirely for your sexual gratification you singled out two boys.

"They were both in different ways vulnerable. They had both just arrived at the school and weren't part of an established network of friends.

"Both of them were having difficulties in relation to their sexuality and you locked on to that and you did that in order to become part of their personal lives and develop relationships with them.

"You have made already difficult lives more difficult. You were devious and manipulative simply to serve your own selfish ends which had to do with your sexual gratification.

"You groomed them relentlessly. You created the opportunities for abuse."