Drama teacher jailed for sex abuse of pupil

A drama teacher from Northampton has been jailed for grooming and sexually abusing a former pupil at a school in Lancashire.

Andrew Wilson, of Church Hill, Hollowell, abused the girl, aged between 14 and 15, at Fearns High School in Bacup in the 1990s.

The 48-year-old was jailed for 20 months and put on the sex offenders' register for 10 years after he pleaded guilty to five counts of indecent assault.

Wilson taught at schools in Northampton up until his arrest in December 2014.

Det Con Mick Smith, from the East Public Protection Unit, said: