Former teacher jailed for abusing children in Kenya
Former public school teacher Simon Harris has been sent to prison for 17 years and four months after being found guilty of abusing vulnerable Kenyan street children.
Ex-teacher jailed for 17 years four months over Kenya abuse
Former public school teacher and charity boss Simon Harris has been jailed at Birmingham Crown Court for 17 years and four months after abusing vulnerable Kenyan street children.
Harris lured boys using food, money and the promise of schooling to his luxury home in the East African country where the abuse took place between 2002 and May 2013.
Harris, of Pudleston near Leominster in Herefordshire, was convicted of three indecent assaults and five sexual assaults, with one victim thought to be as young as nine.
The 55 year old was also found guilty of four charges of possessing indecent images of children.
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