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| Gareth Williams: Jailed voyeur teacher still being paid | Gareth Williams: Jailed voyeur teacher still being paid |
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| A deputy head teacher starting a five-year jail term after admitting filming pupils in the toilets of his school is still receiving his salary. | A deputy head teacher starting a five-year jail term after admitting filming pupils in the toilets of his school is still receiving his salary. |
| Gareth Williams, 47, admitted 31 charges including voyeurism and making indecent photos. | Gareth Williams, 47, admitted 31 charges including voyeurism and making indecent photos. |
| Cardiff Council, Williams' employer, said they could take "appropriate action" now the criminal case against him was over. | Cardiff Council, Williams' employer, said they could take "appropriate action" now the criminal case against him was over. |
| The education minister said it was "simply wrong" Williams was still paid. | |
| Williams is believed to earn around £65,000 a year. | Williams is believed to earn around £65,000 a year. |
| He was arrested on 23 January after police raided his home following information from police in Canada that Williams had used a credit card to pay for material from a child sex abuse images website based there. | |
| They discovered material on his computer which showed footage of pupils at his school using the toilets in a changing room block, and some in two private homes. | |
| Williams initially pleaded guilty to three charges of voyeurism on 31 January. | |
| He admitted 28 further charges in April and was sentenced to five years on Monday. | |
| A spokesperson for education minister Huw Lewis said: "The minister expects Cardiff council and the governing body to take the appropriate action without any further delay. | |
| "The actions of Gareth Williams were truly horrifying, and it is simply wrong that he should have been paid following his guilty plea." |