A RETIRED teacher has appeared in court accused of child abuse.

Leslie Scott, aged 63, of Black Horse Yard, Whitby, Yorkshire, is charged with three counts of buggery of a child and two counts of indecent assault on a child at Forest Hill Secondary School in the 1970s.

Scott, who was charged on April 15, appeared at Greenwich Magistrates' Court on April 23 and was bailed to appear at Woolwich Crown Court on May 13.

April 29, 2003 17:30