South Croydon teacher jailed for child sexual offences

Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 6 Nov, 15:37 · Archive

A secondary school teacher from South Croydon has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years after admitting 13 child sexual offences.

Clive Bartram, 58, a secondary school teacher from South Croydon, was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court on 21 October to seven years and six months imprisonment after pleading guilty to 13 offences relating to the sexual exploitation of children and indecent images.

Bartram was arrested at his home on 15 June following an investigation launched after intelligence identified an online account suspected of sharing indecent material with children. Officers seized mobile phones, laptops and USB devices during a search of his property. Detectives discovered Bartram had access to another mobile phone which he initially denied possessing; the device was later found in a neighbouring garden after being thrown from a window.

Digital forensic investigations uncovered Category A, B and C indecent images of children across multiple devices and cloud-based accounts. Police also found evidence that Bartram had communicated directly with children online and obtained indecent images from victims by offering gift vouchers and other incentives.

Bartram used photographs of a vulnerable person known to him to create online personas to communicate with children, telling the person it was 'their secret'. Five victims aged between 14 and 16 were identified during the investigation, and safeguarding measures were put in place for them.

How it is being reported

• Moment paedophile south London secondary school teacher is arrestedSouth Croydon secondary school teacher Clive Bartram has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years after admitting 13 child sexual offences.This Is Local London · 6 Nov, 15:00
• Moment paedophile south London secondary school teacher is arrestedSouth Croydon secondary school teacher Clive Bartram has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years after admitting 13 child sexual offences.Wandsworth Guardian · 6 Nov, 15:00
• Moment paedophile south London secondary school teacher is arrestedSouth Croydon secondary school teacher Clive Bartram has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years after admitting 13 child sexual offences.News Shopper · 6 Nov, 15:00
• Moment paedophile south London secondary school teacher is arrestedSouth Croydon secondary school teacher Clive Bartram has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years after admitting 13 child sexual offences.Croydon Guardian · 6 Nov, 15:00

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