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A paedophile headteacher jailed for a decade-long campaign of sexual abuse against pupils 'continues to maintain his innocence', a disciplinary tribunal heard. Christopher Pickup was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2022 after being found guilty of 37 counts of sexual assault against 19 boys.

Minshull Street Crown Court heard the 79-year-old, who taught at two Oldham primary schools in the 1970s and 1980s, engaged in the 'systematic and calculated' sexual abuse of children. Over a 12 year period he sexually assaulted boys between the ages of eight and 11 in classrooms, in his office and on school trips, the court heard.

Prosecutor Daniel Calder told the jury that Pickup, of Underwood Way, Shaw, was 'admired and respected' by colleagues and parents and described as a tea

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