Former Newent teacher Thomas Boothe admits sexual offences

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Thomas Boothe pleaded guilty to 20 charges and will be sentenced in September

A former Gloucestershire teacher has admitted a number of indecent offences against children and sexual offences against a man with a mental disorder.

Thomas Boothe, 58, who taught at Newent Community School, pleaded guilty to 20 charges at Gloucester Crown Court.

The charges include seven of taking indecent images of boys in a public changing room.

Police said the offences took place between 1990 and 2014 and none related to anyone at the school.

Boothe, from Hucclecote, also admitted four counts of indecent assault and four of sexual activity on a person with a mental disorder, in relation to a man with a mental ages of 10 or 11, the court heard.

He pleaded guilty to two charges of outraging public decency after he committed acts in a public toilet, and to three counts of possession of indecent videos.

One other charge, to which he pleaded not guilty, will remain on file.

Boothe, who taught at Newent Community School until last year, is due to be sentenced in September after a pre-sentence report has been prepared.

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