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| Four former teachers at a West Sussex boarding school have been charged with a range of sexual offences including rape against 15 male and female alleged victims across a 16-year period. | |
| The accused, all men in their 60s and 70s who taught at Christ’s Hospital school near Horsham, face a combined total of 36 counts relating to alleged offences between 1980 and 1996. They were arrested last November. | |
| Gary Dobbie, 66, is charged with seven counts of indecent assault on a male, one count of attempted indecent assault on a male and three counts of indecent assault on a female. | Gary Dobbie, 66, is charged with seven counts of indecent assault on a male, one count of attempted indecent assault on a male and three counts of indecent assault on a female. |
| James Husband, 67, is charged with five counts of indecent assault on a female and four of rape, and Ajaz Karim, 62, is charged with nine counts of indecent assault on a female and one of attempted indecent assault on a female. | James Husband, 67, is charged with five counts of indecent assault on a female and four of rape, and Ajaz Karim, 62, is charged with nine counts of indecent assault on a female and one of attempted indecent assault on a female. |
| Peter Webb, 74, is charged with six counts of indecent assault on a male. The four men will appear at Crawley magistrates court on 9 August. | |
| Christ’s Hospital charges boarders about £32,500 a year and counts Sir Barnes Wallis, the inventor of the bouncing bomb, and the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge among its former pupils. | Christ’s Hospital charges boarders about £32,500 a year and counts Sir Barnes Wallis, the inventor of the bouncing bomb, and the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge among its former pupils. |
| In a statement, the school said: “Christ’s Hospital is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and continues to provide its full support to the police in their investigations. | |
| “We would always encourage anyone who has been a victim of abuse to come forward. As criminal proceedings are active, we are unable to share any further information at this time.” |