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Man charged over Chetham's music school sex abuse | Man charged over Chetham's music school sex abuse |
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A man has been charged by detectives investigating historical sexual abuse at music schools in Manchester. | A man has been charged by detectives investigating historical sexual abuse at music schools in Manchester. |
Nicholas Smith, 59, of Malestroit, France, has been charged with the indecent assault of a teenage girl between 4 May 1976 and 3 June 1978. | Nicholas Smith, 59, of Malestroit, France, has been charged with the indecent assault of a teenage girl between 4 May 1976 and 3 June 1978. |
The girl was a pupil at Chetham's School of Music at the time, police said. | The girl was a pupil at Chetham's School of Music at the time, police said. |
Mr Smith is due to appear before Manchester Magistrates' Court on 13 June. | Mr Smith is due to appear before Manchester Magistrates' Court on 13 June. |
Former choirmaster Michael Brewer, 68, of Selly Oak, Birmingham, was convicted last year of abusing pupil Frances Andrade at the school in the 1970s and 1980s. | |
Mrs Andrade died after giving evidence at the trial Manchester Crown Court in January. She is believed to have killed herself. | |
Following Brewer's conviction further allegations emerged relating to other former teachers. | |
Claims were made against former violin teacher Wen Zhou Li who had already left the school. | |
He was arrested in February and released on bail until June pending further inquiries. | |
Duncan McTier, 59, of Woodland Gardens, Isleworth, Middlesex, a former teacher at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), has been charged with four sex offences. | |
He is due to appear at Manchester Crown Court on 13 June. | |
Malcolm Layfield resigned from his position as head of strings at the RNCM after allegations he said that he had relationships with students made his position "untenable". |
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