Former Sussex school teacher in court accused of sexually assaulting boys A RETIRED teacher has appeared in court accused of sexually assaulting boys at the prestigious Salisbury Cathedral School. Piers Le Cheminant faces charges over alleged incidents between 1965 and 1986, including at another school. The 75-year-old appeared at Worthing Magistrates’ Court via videolink on Tuesday afternoon. Le Cheminant, of Spitchwick Manor, Poundsgate, Newton Abbot, Devon, is also accused of indecently assaulting boys at Oakwood Preparatory School in Chichester. He is charged with a total of 15 offences of indecent assault on a boy under the age of 14, according to the lists.
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A retired teacher from Devon has appeared in court accused of sexually assaulting boys at the prestigious Salisbury Cathedral School.
08:00 EDT, 15 December 2020
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A former teacher at two £15,000-a-year boarding schools has been charged with sex offences against 15 pupils over a 20-year period.
Retired Piers Le Cheminant has been accused of a string of historic assaults against boys at the prep schools in West Sussex and Wiltshire.
Now aged 75, Le Cheminant is charged with indecently assaulting 10 youngsters at Oakwood Preparatory School in Chichester and sexually assaulting five boys at Salisbury Cathedral School.
Retired teacher Piers Le Cheminant, 75, has been charged with sexually assaulting five boys at Salisbury Cathedral School (pictured) between 1981 to 1985
The Oakwood allegations are said to have been between 1965 and 1985, while the alleged victims in Salisbury were said to have been attacked from 1981 to 1985.