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Ex-teacher, 77, jailed for 1970s abuse of schoolgirls
He was convicted of six counts of indecent assault after a two-week trial, and police said there are now an average of 76 new referrals each month.
- On Tuesday, Belfast Crown Court sentenced 77-year-old William Lloyd-Lavery to two years in prison after a jury convicted him of six counts of indecent assault against four girls during the 1970s.
- Between August 1975 and July 1979, Lloyd-Lavery abused students at Richmond Lodge College on Malone Road while serving as a history teacher, exploiting his position of trust to prey on young girls.
- The four victims, aged 13 and 14, provided impact statements detailing lasting trauma; one survivor said she felt "hunted like prey" through her school corridors by the teacher for his own gratification.
- Judge Patrick Lynch KC ordered Lloyd-Lavery to spend ten years on the Sex Offenders Register, telling him he "violated that trust in the grossest manner" and the court must take the most serious view of the offences.
- Detective Inspector Kelly Foley reported an average of 76 new non-recent child abuse referrals monthly across the province over five years, hoping the sentencing encourages victims to "break the years of silence they have endured.
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Former teacher jailed over abuse of pupils at Belfast school in 1970s
William Lloyd-Lavery, 77, of Richmond Avenue, Lisburn, has been sentenced to two years in prison.
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Irish MirrorEx-teacher, 77, jailed for 1970s abuse of schoolgirls
77-year old William Lloyd-Lavery denied all the charges against him
·Belfast, United Kingdom
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