Toby Fitzgerald, prosecuting, said: 'It follows from his position as head master, he was responsible for the welfare of the children as the school.
The former teacher is facing a jury accused of 23 counts of indecent assault on pupils at the now-closed school. One former pupil said he would sip wine and sherry as he supervised showers, while another told of being abused in his bed after being beaten with a slipper on his bare buttocks in Skipwith's office. He indecently assaulted ten vulnerable boys as young as eight left in his care by their parents, Hove Crown Court heard. Boarding school headmaster Frank Skipwith outside Hove Crown Court yesterdayĪ boarding school headmaster sipped sherry as he ogled naked boys in the shower, a court has been told.įrank Skipwith, 79, of Eynsham, Oxfordshire, allegedly watched the sons of diplomats and Army officers in the showers at Fernden Preparatory School in Fernhurst, West Sussex, as he drank.
