Web abuse teacher jailed for life

A SUNDAY school teacher was jailed for life yesterday for a string of child sex offences against girls as young as four in the Philippines – despite being 7,000 miles away and not physically taking part in the abuse.

Paul O’neill, 57, a married father of two who taught maths at a Catholic secondary school, paid thousands of pounds for children to be raped and abused, watching live on a webcam and directing the offences from his home in Wollaton Vale in Nottingham.

At Nottingham Crown Court O’neill admitted 30 charges, involving 12 girls aged from four to 15 from 2008 to 2016, including three child rapes and arranging child prostitution.