A Norfolk head teacher has been jailed for harassing a young woman trainee at his school.
Gregory Hill, 48, of Valley Way, Fakenham, was convicted of an offence of harassment without the fear of violence following a four-day trial at Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court on Thursday, 18th July 2024.
He was also convicted of an offence of resisting a police constable in the execution of their duties.
Hill was sentenced at Norwich Magistrates' Court on Thursday, 8th August 2024.
Harassment without the fear of violence is an offence under section 2 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. It has a maximum penalty on summary conviction of 26 weeks' custody and/or an unlimited fine.
I described Hill's offences in my earlier article. Briefly, over a period of eleven months he made a series of unwanted advances towards a young woman recently qualified teacher working at his school, Howard Junior School in Kings Lynn.
Hill's behaviour turned more sinister when he eventually got the message that the young woman wasn't interested in a romantic relationship with him.
A second woman, who had worked as a teacher at one of Hill's former schools, told the court that he had once approached her with his flies down and offered to "unleash the beast". He had also told her: "I want your legs wrapped around me."
Hill was granted conditional bail following his conviction, but within a few days was remanded in custody for breaching his conditions.
District Judge Christopher Williams, sentencing, described Hill's convictions as a "significant and spectacular fall from grace".
He added: "Even now you fail to realise how wrong your behaviour was. You are an obsessive individual and you abused the power you held."
Hill was sentenced to 12 weeks' custody.
He was also made subject to a 4-year stalking protection order, which prohibits him from contacting the complainant or publishing comments online about her.
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