Boy who regularly sexually abused schoolgirl on bus deemed ‘low risk’ and still attending same school as the victim

The 15-year-old girl says she is having counselling because of the abuse while another victim has moved schools

The girl said she has needed counselling since the abuse (file image of Derby Guildhall) (Wikimedia Commons )

The decision to allow a boy who repeatedly sexually abused a 15-year-old girl to stay at the same school as his victim in Derby has been branded a “disgrace” by the girl’s mother.

The 15-year-old girl, who cannot be named, told the Derby Telegraph she attends counselling because of the abuse, which happened regularly on the bus to school.

“He would grab my chest and put his hand up my skirt, but I was too embarrassed to tell anyone what was happening because he was in the year below me,” she said.

It was not until a second victim told the school about the boy’s abuse – naming the 15-year-old in the process – that she was contacted by her school and the boy was questioned by police.

The boy, who was 13 at the time, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually touching underage girls without their consent.

The girl’s mother claims that after an assessment of the boy the school decided he was “low risk” and has allowed him to remain a pupil.

The second victim has since moved schools.

“The fact that the school said he is a low risk of re-offending and that he is walking the same corridors as my daughter is nothing short of a disgrace,” the girl’s mother said.

She claimed that were it a job situation, the offender would have been suspended during an investigation and sacked on conviction.

A spokesperson for the school, which cannot be named, told the Derby Telegraph the school does not disclose details regarding its dealings with students or discussions with parents.

“A parent made the school aware of the conclusion of an investigation involving one of its students,” the spokesperson said.

“As a result, the school actively sought and is following advice from the police and other agencies involved in this case to achieve an appropriate level of safeguarding for all its students.”