A former deputy head teacher at a school Prince George and Princess Charlotte attended has been jailed for child sexual abuse offences.
Matthew Smith, 35, from East Dulwich in south-east London, paid £65,000 for two teenagers in India to abuse younger children.
Smith, who was arrested by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in November 2022, pleaded guilty to 22 counts.
He was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday to 12 years in jail.
Smith was caught just a few months after he had been appointed deputy head of pastoral care at Thomas’s prep school in Battersea – a school George and Charlotte attended until their move to Lambrook School in Windsor in September last year.
A spokesman for Thomas’s Battersea said: “We have been shocked and appalled beyond measure by this matter and are grateful for the work of the police and courts in bringing this man to account.
“While the National Crime Agency has confirmed that none of the matters under investigation related to the school or its pupils, these deplorable actions constitute an unforgivable breach of trust and our thoughts are with those who have been impacted or damaged by them.”
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