Locations
Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln, LN1
Description
A deputy headmaster who raped and assaulted girls at a special needs school has been jailed.
David Taylor, 71, sexually assaulted pupils at Stubton Hall School, near Grantham, where he worked between 1975 and 1995, Lincoln Crown Court heard.
He was jailed for 19 years and six months after being found guilty of three counts of rape and four counts of indecent assault against five girls.
Police praised the courage of the victims and witnesses who came forward.
Taylor's abuse came to light in 2016 following a complaint made by a former pupil of the school.
He was deputy head at the school, which was primarily a boarding school for children with special educational needs, for 13 years. The school closed in 2003.
Taylor, of Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln, had denied 32 counts of abuse between 1983 and 1995. He will remain on the sex offenders register for life.