Update: Convicted - Case of Andrew Josephs , Bar Mitzvah teacher, Edgware, England

1)Barmitzvah teacher jailed for sex assaults
Jewish Chronicle, UK
March 23, 2006
http://www.thejc.com
(if anyone has a copy of this article please forward it to me)

2)
Two-Year Sentence For Teacher
By TJ Reporter
Totally Jewish, UK
March 23, 2006
http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/national/?content_id=3083

A Jewish teacher who sexually abused two barmitzvah students during tutoring sessions at his home was this week jailed for more than two years.

Andrew Josephs, 28, of Edgware, was last month found guilty at Wood Green Crown Court of four counts of indecent assault on one boy and two counts of sexual activity on a second child. Both boys were 12-years-old at the time of the incidents.

Joesphs was also disqualified from working with children, having any unsupervised contact with children under the age of 16 or using the internet to access pornography. He will also remain on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely.

Detective Superintendent Diane Lesley said: “This result is a testament to the courage of the boys involved. Andrew Josephs was a respected member of the community entrusted with the care of children, these offences were a grave abuse of that position of trust.”

Parents have been advised to exercise caution when choosing to leave an unaccompanied child at the home of any private tutor.

3)
Private teacher jailed for sex attacks on boys
By Marcus Dysch
Edgware Times, UK
March 23, 2006
http://www.edgwaretimes.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.713469.0.private_teacher_jailed_for_sex_attacks_on_boys.php

A teacher from Edgware who gave private tuition to children at his home was this week jailed for two years and nine months for sexually abusing two boys.

Andrew Josephs, 28, of Parklands Court, Edgware Way, Edgware, was found guilty at Wood Green Crown Court on February 27 of four charges of indecent assault and two counts of sexual activity with boys.

He was sentenced on Tuesday for the assaults on the boys, who were both aged 12 at the time of the incidents in 2004, and was placed on the Sex Offenders' Register indefinitely.

Josephs was jailed for two years for four indecent assaults on one boy, and a further nine months for two incidents of sexual activity on a second child.

The conviction followed a detailed investigation by Barnet police's child abuse investigation team.

Detective Sergeant Diane Lesley, speaking for the team, said: "This result is a testament to the courage of the boys involved.

"Andrew Josephs was a respected member of the community entrusted with the care of children these offences were a grave abuse of that position of trust.

"Other victims of child abuse should be encouraged not to suffer in silence but to speak out and help us put a stop to this."

Josephs was also disqualified from working with children and a Sex Offences Prevention Order was made to stop him from having any unsupervised contact with children under the age of 16. He was also banned from using the internet to access pornography.