article_snippet: A former headmaster who was found guilty of molesting boys as young as ten at a special needs school in the 1970s has been found dead just days before A former headmaster who was found guilty of molesting boys as young as ten at a special needs school in the 1970s was due to be sentenced.
article_snippet: A former headmaster who was found guilty of molesting boys as young as ten at a special needs school in the 1970s was due to be sentenced at Norfolk Crown Court on Monday after earlier being found guilty of 15 counts of sexual assault following a nine-day trial.
article_snippet: A former headmaster who was found guilty of molesting boys as young as ten at a special needs school in the 1970s was in charge of Eccles Hall School, in Quidenham, Norfolk, in the 1970s when A former headmaster who was found guilty of molesting boys as young as ten at a special needs school in the 1970s carried out the indecent and serious sexual assaults against five pupils, who all had special needs and were under 13.
article_snippet: the man was also said to be 'obsessed with spanking' and the prosecution said the man had a 'particular deviant sexual fascination with the bottoms of very young boys.'
article_snippet: As one of the people charged with the duty of caring for these children, the man abused the trust placed in the man and used these children for the man own sexual gratification.'
article_snippet: All of the charges related to five boys, who were aged under 13, between September 1972 and March 1983.
article_snippet: The sex abuse came to light when one of Four further victims reported The sex abuse to police, prompting other victims to come forward.
highlights_snippet: Headmaster convicted of 15 counts of indecent assault against young boys .
  
highlights_snippet: Headmaster indecently assaulted five special needs pupils, under 13, at Eccles Hall .