“Mr W, who taught at Tony Blair’s old school Fettes College as well as Edinburgh Academy, faces more than 80 charges of historic abuse in Scotland relating to more than 40 victims,” said Jordan.“Our advocacy wing has spent this year trying to expose Mr W as “South Africa’s Jimmy Savile”.
“Mr W is a brutal, sadistic man who abused scores of young boys between the ages of 9 and 11. He has taught at three boys’ schools in Cape Town and two boys’ schools in Scotland and he’s one of the most prolific serial sex offenders we know of,” she said.Jordan has commended the prosecuting authority and the police for the speedy investigation and the seriousness with which they have been treating the case.
“We look forward to a positive outcome for the many victims who have carried the effects of the abuse into their fifties and sixties. But we know the defence will try to drag it out for as long as they can,” Jordan said. A former pupil at Rondebosch Boys’ Preparatory School, known only as “Stephen”, accused Mr W of abusing him in 1988 while he was a teacher there.