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A teacher and BBC contributor has been charged with sex offences as part of an investigation into abuse allegations at a school in Suffolk. | A teacher and BBC contributor has been charged with sex offences as part of an investigation into abuse allegations at a school in Suffolk. |
Simon Warr, 60, of Great West Road, in Hounslow, west London, is accused of indecent assault and gross indecency with a boy. | Simon Warr, 60, of Great West Road, in Hounslow, west London, is accused of indecent assault and gross indecency with a boy. |
He worked as a teacher in Suffolk and was a part-time contributor on BBC Radio Suffolk. | He worked as a teacher in Suffolk and was a part-time contributor on BBC Radio Suffolk. |
Mr Warr will appear before magistrates in Bury St Edmunds on 24 September. | Mr Warr will appear before magistrates in Bury St Edmunds on 24 September. |
Police said the charges related to an ongoing investigation into historic allegations of abuse at St George's School, in Great Finborough, in the 1980s. | Police said the charges related to an ongoing investigation into historic allegations of abuse at St George's School, in Great Finborough, in the 1980s. |
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He is also charged with two offences relating to the Royal Hospital School, in Holbrook, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. | |
Mr Warr is accused of one count of indecent assault and one count of gross indecency with a boy in relation to the Royal Hospital School. | Mr Warr is accused of one count of indecent assault and one count of gross indecency with a boy in relation to the Royal Hospital School. |
He has appeared on radio and national television, including The One Show on BBC One as a social media commentator and also as a BBC Radio 2 contributor. | |
Mr Warr also featured in Channel 4's That'll Teach 'Em, and was a columnist for the East Anglian Daily Times. | |
A BBC spokesperson said: "We can confirm that Simon Warr is currently not contributing to BBC Radio Suffolk and hasn't contributed since his arrest. As this is an ongoing police investigation we cannot comment further." | A BBC spokesperson said: "We can confirm that Simon Warr is currently not contributing to BBC Radio Suffolk and hasn't contributed since his arrest. As this is an ongoing police investigation we cannot comment further." |
A Royal Hospital School spokesman said: "I can confirm that a former member of staff has been charged over his conduct regarding a pupil at the Royal Hospital School some 20 years ago, and a pupil at a previous school over 30 years ago. | A Royal Hospital School spokesman said: "I can confirm that a former member of staff has been charged over his conduct regarding a pupil at the Royal Hospital School some 20 years ago, and a pupil at a previous school over 30 years ago. |
"While the alleged events happened a long time ago, the school takes pupil welfare very seriously and is doing what it can to help the authorities." |