A teacher has been convicted of historic child sexual abuse, over a decade since he was cleared of sexually touching three young children.Neil Francis, 46, was found guilty of 19 counts of sexual assault and eight counts of indecent assault following a court trial.
Francis, formerly of East Cowton, sexually and indecently assaulted 11 female students while working as a teacher in Milton Keynes during the 2000s.
Teesside Live reports that in June 2009, Francis walked free from Teesside Crown Court after a jury took just 45 minutes to unanimously acquit him of eight counts of sexual assault.
The defendant had been accused of touching three girls under the age of 13 in a sexual way, stroking or rubbing their arms, legs, backs or hair.
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