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A former secondary school headteacher who sexually assaulted four children has been jailed.
Neil Foden, who was the head of Ysgol Friars in North Wales when he committed his shocking 19 offences over a four-year period, was convicted following a trial in May.
The court heard how the 66-year-old had a ‘sexual obsession with young teenage girls’ and had been ‘determined’ to satisfy his ‘perverted desires’, which included a urination fetish.
When sentencing him to 17 years behind bars at Mold Crown Court today, Judge Rhys Rowlands described Foden as a ‘domineering’ and ‘bombastic’ character who was looked up to by many, but ‘managed to hide a dreadful secret’.
Judge Rowlands told him: ‘Your behaviour was born out of your arrogant sense of your self-worth, such that you believed no-one would stand up to you.
‘It is clear that you have no remorse. You have not shown an ounce of contrition for what you did and you have no insight into the undoubted very serious harm you have caused both to individual victims and to their families.’
‘He exploited both my body and mind and I feel tired and constantly sick as a result,’ one victim, who appeared in court to read a statement, said.
Neil Foden was found guilty of sexually assaulting four underage girls over a four-year period (Picture: North Wales Police/PA Wire)
Another victim, who attended his sentencing in person, said: ‘I feel that when he made me go to court to give my evidence he wanted to hurt me for reporting him and, instead of justice, he wanted revenge.’
A statement made by a third girl abused by Foden was read to the court, in which she said: ‘I believed him when he said he loved me and I was the only one he wanted.
‘What Mr Foden has done is evil. It’s hit me hard and I’ll never forgive him.’
Foden’s grim abuse of teenage girls
Foden, 66, was found guilty of 19 sexual offences against young girls (Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
During Foden’s trial, the court was shown a video of him holding hands with one of the girls, child A, as she sat in the back of his car, while he was in the driver’s seat.
Foden was arrested after child A showed an adult a photo of them together and screenshots of messages about oral sex.
The court heard he would pick her up in his car and drive them to secluded areas.
He encouraged child A to hug and kiss him, telling her she must ‘take it to the grave and not tell anyone’.
They exchanged messages on WhatsApp, with Foden telling the girl to delete the messages daily.
The messaging and contact soon became sexualised, with Foden sexually assaulting her several times, persisting even when she tried to stop him.
Neil Foden was arrested while working at school in September 2023 (Picture: North Wales Police)
Another complainant, child E, told police she referred to Foden as ‘Mr …read more
Source:: Metro
