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Chloe Hadjimatheou

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1333 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

Yeah, and the thing is... And it's too fucking weird as well, this idea that he was touching her up in front of all these other people.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

There's no satisfying, neat story here where one man's memories mirror the others. But what there is, is a clear theme that runs through both of their accounts, that Miss Bowen engaged in sexual activity with them. I've tried very hard to persuade Sally-Ann Bowen to talk to me, but she hasn't responded to any of my letters or emails.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

There's no satisfying, neat story here where one man's memories mirror the others. But what there is, is a clear theme that runs through both of their accounts, that Miss Bowen engaged in sexual activity with them. I've tried very hard to persuade Sally-Ann Bowen to talk to me, but she hasn't responded to any of my letters or emails.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

The final email I sent her sets out in detail all the allegations I've uncovered over the last year. I only know she's seen it because her partner sends me a very angry email. But Sally-Ann Bowen never replies. And what about the school?

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

The final email I sent her sets out in detail all the allegations I've uncovered over the last year. I only know she's seen it because her partner sends me a very angry email. But Sally-Ann Bowen never replies. And what about the school?

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

After the TRA reached its finding, Christ College didn't make any kind of public acknowledgement of the fact that their regulatory body had banned Sally Ann Byrne from teaching and had found Gareth's allegations to be credible. Still, I was hoping the current headteacher might be willing to hear me out about everything I uncovered.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

After the TRA reached its finding, Christ College didn't make any kind of public acknowledgement of the fact that their regulatory body had banned Sally Ann Byrne from teaching and had found Gareth's allegations to be credible. Still, I was hoping the current headteacher might be willing to hear me out about everything I uncovered.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

The three cases, Gareth, Sanjay and the cricketer, in which one of their staff had allegedly engaged in sexual activity with pupils, as well as all the witnesses who claimed to have seen and heard Sally-Ann Bowen's inappropriate behaviour with students. In other schools where historical sex abuse has been uncovered, victims have received acknowledgement and apologies.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

The three cases, Gareth, Sanjay and the cricketer, in which one of their staff had allegedly engaged in sexual activity with pupils, as well as all the witnesses who claimed to have seen and heard Sally-Ann Bowen's inappropriate behaviour with students. In other schools where historical sex abuse has been uncovered, victims have received acknowledgement and apologies.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

But back then, the institution failed those pupils, even if today it's different and safeguarding is taken more seriously. I tried numerous times to get in touch with the current administration at Christ College. When eventually I managed to speak to someone, I was told in no uncertain terms that the school would not be engaging with me on any level.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

But back then, the institution failed those pupils, even if today it's different and safeguarding is taken more seriously. I tried numerous times to get in touch with the current administration at Christ College. When eventually I managed to speak to someone, I was told in no uncertain terms that the school would not be engaging with me on any level.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

Both Gareth and Sanjay have come to feel that what happened to them wasn't right. That's what's propelled them to speak to me. They also have something else in common. They've both chosen to remain anonymous, not because they're ashamed of what happened to them, but because they're pretty sure they'll attract a lot of criticism from people who still see them as lucky boys.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

Both Gareth and Sanjay have come to feel that what happened to them wasn't right. That's what's propelled them to speak to me. They also have something else in common. They've both chosen to remain anonymous, not because they're ashamed of what happened to them, but because they're pretty sure they'll attract a lot of criticism from people who still see them as lucky boys.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

Since I started reporting this story, it feels like there are more and more newspaper articles about female teachers having sex with their students, perhaps because I'm looking for them.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

Since I started reporting this story, it feels like there are more and more newspaper articles about female teachers having sex with their students, perhaps because I'm looking for them.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

I found at least a dozen cases reported in the UK last year alone, the most notorious being that of Rebecca Joines, who was convicted for having sex with two 15-year-old boys from the school where she taught and ended up giving birth to a baby fathered by the child she was having sex with.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

I found at least a dozen cases reported in the UK last year alone, the most notorious being that of Rebecca Joines, who was convicted for having sex with two 15-year-old boys from the school where she taught and ended up giving birth to a baby fathered by the child she was having sex with.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

Her victim's experience and Gareth's are separated by more than three decades, but they're so similar that it sent chills down my spine. In a victim statement read out after Rebecca Joines was sentenced, the boy said he initially struggled to come to terms with his abuse and was in complete denial.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

Her victim's experience and Gareth's are separated by more than three decades, but they're so similar that it sent chills down my spine. In a victim statement read out after Rebecca Joines was sentenced, the boy said he initially struggled to come to terms with his abuse and was in complete denial.

Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

He said, I would argue until I was blue in the face protecting her and would not hear a bad word said against her. I felt as though I'd betrayed somebody I love and had done wrong by giving evidence. It took him years to realise he'd been coerced, controlled and manipulated by his teacher, he said. And he describes how the entire affair and the lies he told destroyed his family.