Chloe Hadjimatheou

Ja, du hast versucht, mich zu telefonieren, hast du nicht? Ja, ich habe. Vielen Dank, dass du mich zurückgebracht hast. Es gibt ein Geheimnis bei Investitionen, das die meisten Leute nicht aufhören, weil es nicht sehr glamourös ist. Right. I'm telling you this because I think it was typical of Miss Bowen. This is someone who was on the staff when this whole story with Miss Bowen was playing out.

Ja, du hast versucht, mich zu telefonieren, hast du nicht? Ja, ich habe. Vielen Dank, dass du mich zurückgebracht hast. Es gibt ein Geheimnis bei Investitionen, das die meisten Leute nicht aufhören, weil es nicht sehr glamourös ist. Right. I'm telling you this because I think it was typical of Miss Bowen. This is someone who was on the staff when this whole story with Miss Bowen was playing out.

He's an interesting person, but I can tell you almost nothing about him because he's been very clear. He doesn't want to be recorded and he definitely does not want to be identified. I'm calling him George and these are my recollections of our conversation based on notes I took at the time. So not word for word, but pretty close. And he's given me permission to have them read by an actor.

He's an interesting person, but I can tell you almost nothing about him because he's been very clear. He doesn't want to be recorded and he definitely does not want to be identified. I'm calling him George and these are my recollections of our conversation based on notes I took at the time. So not word for word, but pretty close. And he's given me permission to have them read by an actor.

Ich würde das lieben.

Ich würde das lieben.

One guy told me that during class one day, Miss Bowen took out these Indian-style paintings in which a couple was posing in different sexual positions. It was the Karma Sutra. He assumed she was giving them some kind of sex education lesson. And, he says, she seemed to really enjoy how shocked the boys were. But this is the first time I'm hearing that she behaved that way with members of staff.

One guy told me that during class one day, Miss Bowen took out these Indian-style paintings in which a couple was posing in different sexual positions. It was the Karma Sutra. He assumed she was giving them some kind of sex education lesson. And, he says, she seemed to really enjoy how shocked the boys were. But this is the first time I'm hearing that she behaved that way with members of staff.

Maybe because I haven't managed to speak to many of them. So they're not responding to me and the few I've spoken to, I think they probably at very least knew the rumours and they're not even willing to admit that. I think it's pretty unlikely that they didn't know about the rumours.

Maybe because I haven't managed to speak to many of them. So they're not responding to me and the few I've spoken to, I think they probably at very least knew the rumours and they're not even willing to admit that. I think it's pretty unlikely that they didn't know about the rumours.

Then George tells me something really interesting. That there was a group of female teachers from the English department who were trying to do something about the fact that a colleague of theirs seemed very interested in a 14-year-old boy.

Then George tells me something really interesting. That there was a group of female teachers from the English department who were trying to do something about the fact that a colleague of theirs seemed very interested in a 14-year-old boy.

Another teacher I spoke to told me that a colleague of hers did know what really went on back then, but that she and others deliberately kept it within a tight circle and withheld everything they knew from the police. I tried to find that teacher, but she died a few years ago, so I can't ask her about it. What I find fascinating is that these teachers were trying to intervene.

Another teacher I spoke to told me that a colleague of hers did know what really went on back then, but that she and others deliberately kept it within a tight circle and withheld everything they knew from the police. I tried to find that teacher, but she died a few years ago, so I can't ask her about it. What I find fascinating is that these teachers were trying to intervene.

But I can't help wondering if they were trying to help Gareth or Sally Ann Bowen. And why didn't they think to report it? Could it be that, although on one level they knew the relationship was problematic, they just didn't see what was going on between this attractive young woman and her willing pupil as abuse?

But I can't help wondering if they were trying to help Gareth or Sally Ann Bowen. And why didn't they think to report it? Could it be that, although on one level they knew the relationship was problematic, they just didn't see what was going on between this attractive young woman and her willing pupil as abuse?

So it seems there were members of staff who did know and have hidden it from the authorities. Gareth's right. Whether or not you want to call it a cover-up, teachers have put their own reputations and the schools before anything else. And holding back the truth has allowed Sally Ann Bowen to continue teaching for 35 years.

So it seems there were members of staff who did know and have hidden it from the authorities. Gareth's right. Whether or not you want to call it a cover-up, teachers have put their own reputations and the schools before anything else. And holding back the truth has allowed Sally Ann Bowen to continue teaching for 35 years.

Three decades during which any one of the teachers who knew could have reported her. Instead, in 2020, six years after he first called the police to press charges, Gareth gets a call. It's the detective in charge of the investigation. He tells him that the Crown Prosecution Service has reached a final decision.

Three decades during which any one of the teachers who knew could have reported her. Instead, in 2020, six years after he first called the police to press charges, Gareth gets a call. It's the detective in charge of the investigation. He tells him that the Crown Prosecution Service has reached a final decision.