VC Tommies heroes again in £4m haul
Miss ‘told boy of 16 he got her pregnant’
TRIBUTE Tommy at Dover LIFE-sized silhouettes of 11 soldiers awarded posthumous VCs in the closing days of the First World War have raised £4million.
They were among 227 British troops killed blocking the Belgian port of Zeebrugge in April 1918 to stop German submarines entering the Channel.
The 6ft aluminium Tommies, which toured the UK before reaching the White Cliffs of Dover, have nameplates for the heroes.
One was L Cdr George Nicholson Bradford, killed on his 31st birthday.
Niece Waveney Brooks is “delighted [his] achievements are recognised in such a poignant way”.
Charity Remembered has 10in versions for £30 at therebutnotthere.org.uk. SCANDAL Ellie Wilson has resigned from her job
A TEACHER who had sex with a 16-year-old pupil on a plane told him he got her pregnant, a court heard.
On a school trip abroad, Ellie Wilson, 29, engaged in foreplay with the boy in their seats and then led him into the toilet, where they had full intercourse.
She later told the student that she was pregnant and would have an abortion, which was “hard for him to comprehend”, the jury was told.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told police: “I asked her if she regretted what happened on the plane.
“She didn’t regret it. I expressed my worries at this point about a potential pregnancy and she said: ‘You don’t have to worry, I’m on the injection.’”
After the trip, the pair allegedly went on dates. The court heard they had pub meals and drank cider. Jurors were told that the boy bought Wilson flowers and chocolates, and they kissed in his bedroom.
They swapped phone numbers, and TRIAL Ellie Wilson at Bristol court yesterday
Wilson rang him while she was on holiday in Italy with her boyfriend. The physics teacher told the boy she was pregnant a month after the school trip, jurors heard.
Virginia Cornwall, prosecuting, said: “She intended to have an abortion. She kept this entirely from her partner. This was difficult for the pupil to understand.”
Ms Cornwall told the court that the pair became close during a school camping trip. They would stay up late talking, which led to an “erosion of boundaries”.
The boy told police: “We spent a lot of time together. We were on a coach… to the airport. She was asleep and she touched my hand a little bit. I moved my hand.
“It all kicked off from there. We boarded the plane and had alcohol. We were probably drinking too much. I was fairly intoxicated. It all got a bit touchy – of course, I am a bit drunk and I touch her back.”
The affair was exposed in 2016, when a friend of the alleged victim tried to blackmail Wilson into having sex with him. She refused, and confessed to her superiors at the school. She later resigned.
Wilson of Dursley, Glos, denies four charges of sexual activity with a child under 18 by a person in a position of trust in August and September 2015. The trial at Bristol crown court continues.