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DARRYL GEE - COURT OF APPEAL
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TEACHER CLEARED OF RAPE TOO LATE - 21 April 2006
A teacher who died in prison after being convicted of raping one of his pupils has been posthumously cleared by the Court of Appeal.
after battling to clear her son Darryl's name
The
music teacher, who protested his innocence, died in his cell from
an undiagnosed blood cancer. He had served 18 months of an
eight-year sentence. It comes as government guidance designed to speed up investigations into alleged abuse of pupils is introduced in schools. Unions say this will reduce the risk of innocent teachers being smeared by false allegations.
Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said: “This is an extreme and tragic illustration of the consequences of malicious allegations and underlines the need for these new procedures.”
Mr Gee’s 88-year-old mother, Molly, awarded £62,493 costs by the court, said the case should be a warning to other teachers.
“It all boiled down to one girl’s word against his, and the jury believed her,” she said. “That’s all it took to send my son to prison and it has left me very angry and grief stricken. I don’t think anyone should have to work alone with a child – it is just too easy for an allegation like this to be made.”
Mr Gee, a supply teacher who taught brass instruments, was found guilty at Leeds crown court in January 2001 after being accused of raping and indecently assaulting a pupil in a Huddersfield school in 1989. He died aged 55 in August 2002, a month after a second appeal failed.
His
conviction was eventually quashed when his mother alerted the
Criminal Cases Review Commission, which asked a leading
psychiatrist to report on his accuser. The study cast doubt on her
mental state. It also emerged that the girl, now 26, made similar
allegations against another man, whose conviction was quashed
earlier this year. by Graeme Paton
F.A.C.T.
(Falsely Accused Carers and Teachers)
Guidance
for education staff and volunteers in schools
Persecution of stepfather or stepmother by children of single parent families
LINKS and REFERENCE SOME PROMINENT MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE:
FALSE ACCUSATIONS
Very many persons accused of assault, especially sexual assault, are either innocent or having been found guilty by a Court, are later found to have been innocent all along.
Under current legislation the accuser's identity is protected, whereas the accused is not. Where the majority of persons accused turn out to be innocent, during the period they are under suspicion, they are reported in the press, with an assumption of guilt, which usually ruins their lives: relationships and businesses. This particularly applies to Carers or Teachers, or those involved in such professions.
The man in the street is particularly vulnerable when entering into a relationship, since he or she has no body to turn to for advice and is not in any event tuned into the potential dangers. Those most at risk include males joining single parent families with children, and most especially young girls who are most likely to hurl accusations and usually where a relationship is not working or is breaking down.
F.A.C.T.
(Falsely Accused Carers and Teachers)
Guidance for education staff and volunteers in schools
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