Oxford University music lecturer suspended and charged
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 12 Oct, 18:02 · Archive
Dr Lola Salem, a music lecturer at Oriel College, Oxford, has been suspended and charged with possession of indecent images of children.
Dr Lola Salem, aged 33, lectures in music at Oriel College and previously taught French at Wadham College and St Catherine's College, Oxford. She has been suspended after being charged with one count of possessing three category B indecent images (the second most serious type) between May 19, 2021 and February 13, 2023, and one count of possessing a category C image between April 6, 2021 and February 13, 2023. She has denied both charges.
Salem appeared at Wycombe Magistrates' Court on June 16 and subsequently at Oxford Crown Court on July 23, where she pleaded not guilty to both counts of possession of indecent photographs of children. Oriel College confirmed in a statement that it suspended her in June 2026 after becoming aware of the charges, pending the outcome of legal proceedings. The University of Oxford confirmed Salem is a tutor at Oriel rather than a university staff member.
Salem studied for a DPhil in Music and Musicology at Oxford, attached to St John's College, which she completed in 2022. Her research focused on the business, performers, economic and legal history of French opera in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. She is currently on bail. She will next appear at Oxford Crown Court on December 7, with trial set for March 20, 2028.
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- Oxford University lecturer suspended and charged over indecent child imagesAn Oxford University lecturer has been suspended after being charged with the possession of indecent images of children.Oxford Mail · 12 Oct, 17:15
- Oxford University lecturer suspended and charged over indecent child imagesAn Oxford University lecturer has been suspended after being charged with the possession of indecent images of children.Oxfordshire Guardian · 12 Oct, 17:15
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