Former North Wales headteacher jailed for 17 years for sexual abuse of girls

A former high school headteacher who had a “sexual obsession” with young girls has been jailed for 17 years. Neil Foden, 66, who worked at a school in North Wales, was convicted following a trial in May of 19 offences involving the abuse of four girls over a four-year period. Sentencing him at Mold Crown Court on Monday, Judge Rhys Rowlands said: “Your behaviour was born out of your arrogant sense of your self-worth, such that you believed no-one would stand up to you.” He said Foden had been “determined” to satisfy his “perverted desires”, which included a urination fetish. He described Foden as a “domineering” and “bombastic” character who was looked up to by many, but was a “man who managed to hide a dreadful secret, an appalling flaw in your character, that being your sexual obsession with young teenage girls”. The judge said: “It is clear that you have no remorse. You have not shown an ounce of contrition for what you did and you have no insight into the undoubted very serious harm you have caused both to individual victims and to their families.” Two of his victims appeared in court to read statements detailing the impact of the abuse on them. Daily Record Homepage: Daily Record Facebook: Daily Record IG: Daily Record Twitter: Daily Record Newsletters: Join our WhatsApp communities here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages: DAILY RECORD: GE 2024: RECORD SPORT RANGERS: RECORD SPORT CELTIC: You can get all the latest news, sport, showbiz and comment at LIKE | COMMENT | SUBSCRIBE | SHARE #DailyRecord #wales #crime