Child pornography charge

Leatherhead - Mr Adrian Stark (33), a music teacher at St John's School, Leatherhead, Surrey, has been suspended after police…

Leatherhead - Mr Adrian Stark (33), a music teacher at St John's School, Leatherhead, Surrey, has been suspended after police charged him with child pornography offences. A Surrey Police spokesman said officers had searched a property at St John's School and "seized a quantity of obscene material involving children".He said the teacher was arrested on Wednesday and had subsequently been charged with three counts of possessing indecent photographs of children.Mr Stark, who is single, has been bailed pending further police investigations.The school said governors suspended the teacher from his post on the same day as his arrest. - (PA)

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