A choirmaster who sexually abused a pupil who took her own life during his trial has been jailed for six years. Michael Brewer was convicted of indecently assaulting Frances Andrade when she was a student at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester.
A choirmaster who sexually abused a pupil who went on to take her own life during his trial has been jailed for six years.
Michael Brewer, 68, of Swarthmore Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, was convicted last month of indecently assaulting 48-year-old Frances Andrade when she was an underage student at the prestigious Chetham's School of Music in Manchester.
The son of a woman who was abused by a choirmaster as a teenager and took her own life has spoken of the legacy of his "wonderful mother".
Claims of sex abuse by music teachers are spreading beyond the Chetham's music school in Manchester where they began.