Wanted head sets up new school
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Your support makes all the difference.A headmaster who fled Britain after being charged with assaulting pupils has launched a school in India, it was disclosed last night.
Kevin Booth's new venture was revealed when advertisements were placed in newspapers in Botswana, southern Africa, inviting parents to send their children to the boarding school in the Nadu region of India.
However, Peter Fluck, deputy high commissioner at the British High Commission in Botswana, warned parents to ignore it. Mr Booth, 31, faces 20 charges of assaulting pupils at the school he ran with his Malaysian wife, Nancy, in Newbiggin, Northumberland.
When he failed to appear at Ashington court last November, the magistrates - told by his solicitor he was in Borneo - issued a warrant for his arrest.
Mr Booth was charged after the 10 pupils at his pounds 900-a-term Greybrook School were placed in the care of Northumberland County Council and the school closed as a result of the allegations.
The eight boys and two girls - from Nigeria, Malaysia and India - were made wards of court until they were taken home by their parents or guardians. The assault charges were said to involve alleged excessive use of discipline.
Det Insp John Hope, of Northumbria Police, who led the inquiry into the allegations, said last night: 'We are aware of the recent developments and we are anxious to talk to Mr Booth.'
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