Soham teacher admits sex assaults on boys

A former teacher at Soham Village College indecently assaulted two boys, a court heard today.

Robert Howieson, 56, was warned that he could face jail after he admitted charges dating back to the early Eighties at Cambridge Crown Court.

Police sources said the attacks came to light during the investigation into the disappearance and murders of 10-yearolds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, who went to the school.

Howieson pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent assault on two boys, aged 12 and 14, one act of gross indecency and one count of instructing a boy to commit an act of gross indecency. All the offences took place between 1980 and 1983.

Mr Justice Aikens said: "One option is a custodial sentence."