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| Jailed sex abuse headmaster Derek Slade dies | Jailed sex abuse headmaster Derek Slade dies |
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| A former boarding school headmaster serving a 21-year jail sentence for sexually abusing boys has died. | A former boarding school headmaster serving a 21-year jail sentence for sexually abusing boys has died. |
| Derek Slade, 66, was jailed in 2010 for a string of offences against 12 boys aged between eight and 13. | |
| He carried out the attacks at private schools in Norfolk and Suffolk, and had denied more than 50 counts of sexual assault and beating. | He carried out the attacks at private schools in Norfolk and Suffolk, and had denied more than 50 counts of sexual assault and beating. |
| A Roger Cook documentary for the BBC revealed claims that Slade had also abused children in India. | A Roger Cook documentary for the BBC revealed claims that Slade had also abused children in India. |
| 'Culture of fear' | 'Culture of fear' |
| In September 2010, Ipswich Crown Court found Slade guilty of abusing boys as young as eight between 1978 and 1983 at private schools in Wicklewood, Norfolk, and Great Finborough in Suffolk. | In September 2010, Ipswich Crown Court found Slade guilty of abusing boys as young as eight between 1978 and 1983 at private schools in Wicklewood, Norfolk, and Great Finborough in Suffolk. |
| Read this and more stories from Suffolk | Read this and more stories from Suffolk |
| In May that year, the paedophile admitted 16 charges of making indecent images of children and possession of almost 4,500 indecent images of children. | In May that year, the paedophile admitted 16 charges of making indecent images of children and possession of almost 4,500 indecent images of children. |
| He also admitted 20 offences of indecent assault and assault and was given a 21-year sentence. | He also admitted 20 offences of indecent assault and assault and was given a 21-year sentence. |
| After the case one of his victims said: "Derek Slade created a culture of fear and suffering where casual violence and institutionalised brutality was enforced, tolerated and later accepted by everyone, pupils and staff alike. | After the case one of his victims said: "Derek Slade created a culture of fear and suffering where casual violence and institutionalised brutality was enforced, tolerated and later accepted by everyone, pupils and staff alike. |
| "He stole our childhoods. What should have been the happiest years of our lives were turned into the most fearful." | "He stole our childhoods. What should have been the happiest years of our lives were turned into the most fearful." |
| A Ministry of Justice Statement said: "HMP Norwich prisoner Derek Slade was pronounced dead at 2.57pm on Wednesday 2 March 2016 at an outside hospital. | A Ministry of Justice Statement said: "HMP Norwich prisoner Derek Slade was pronounced dead at 2.57pm on Wednesday 2 March 2016 at an outside hospital. |
| "As with all deaths in custody there will be an investigation by the independent Prisons and Probation Ombudsman." | "As with all deaths in custody there will be an investigation by the independent Prisons and Probation Ombudsman." |