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4 days ago
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Former Billericay head teacher found guilty of child sex offences
A former secondary school head teacher has been found guilty of committing sexual offences against a Brumby was at Mayflower High School in Billericay, Essex, when the allegations came to light in 64-year-old, of Wellands in Witham, Essex, was convicted by a jury at Southend Crown Court of five offences, including two counts of rape of a ex-wife Elaine Brumby, of Kiln Way, Great Wakering, Essex, was found not guilty of all six charges she was accused of. Lee Brumby was suspended from the high school when the historical allegations of the charges related to any pupil at the school, past or present. The offences took place between 2001 and had also worked at Southend High School for Girls, St Clere's School in Standford-le-Hope, and at a school in briefly worked at a police Brumby had told the trial: "I'm struggling to know why these allegations have been made".But the jury returned unanimous verdicts after deliberating for just over 13 found him guilty of five counts: two of rape, two of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child and one of indecency with a offences all related to the same Brumby was found not guilty of four counts of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, one of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and one count of sexual this week, Judge Richard Conley had summed up how she had told jurors she was not her ex-husband's "partner in crime".The proceedings this month were a retrial, after the original jury was discharged in November due to administrative difficulties. Lee Brumby is due to be sentenced at the same court on 19 September. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
08-08-2025
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Former Billericay head teacher awaits verdict in child sex trial
The jury in the trial of a former head teacher and his ex-wife - who are both accused of historical sexual offences against children - has been sent out to consider its Brumby - who was head teacher at Mayflower High School in Billericay, Essex - denies two counts of rape and three other Brumby has denied six charges, including sexual assault and causing a child to engage in sexual of the charges related to any pupil at the school, past or present. 'Partner-in-crime' In his summing up, Judge Richard Conley told the jury how Lee Brumby - 64 years old and from Wellands in Witham - had worked at other Essex schools prior to Mayflower, including Southend High School for Girls and St Clere's School in Brumby had spent nine years teaching in Newcastle at Benfield School, the court heard, where he had been responsible for helping its GCSE results improve, and he had received several positive references from his previous jury at Southend Crown Court was told by the judge that Mr Brumby also briefly worked at a police force in the late 1980s during a break from Brumby had told the trial that "I'm struggling to know why these allegations have been made," Judge Conley Brumby, 62, from Kiln Way in Great Wakering, had worked at The St Christopher School - an academy special school in had told the trial that she denied being a "partner-in-crime", Judge Conley Brumby is charged with two offences of rape of a child, two counts of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, and indecency with a ex-wife is charged with four offences of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, causing a child to engage in sexual activity, and sexual Conley said that the pair had "vehemently" denied all of the allegations against them. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
