Man, 84, appears in court on historic Skegby Hall child sex abuse charges
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Nigel Pipe, aged 84, of Llanwenarth View, Govilon, Abergavenny, appeared at Mansfield Magistrates’ Court today, Friday, February 1, charged with four counts of sexual assault on a boy under 16, 14 counts of indecent assault on a boy under the age of 16, and nine counts of inciting a boy under the age of 14 to commit an act of gross indecency.
It is alleged that Pipe committed the offences when he was a housemaster at Skegby Hall, Mansfield Road, Sutton, between 1965 and 1969.
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Hide AdThe case was adjourned for a further hearing at Nottingham Crown Court on March 1. Pipe was released on unconditional bail.
Skegby Hall has been the subject of a number of investigations into historic child sex abuse cases over the last five years.
It comes as part of a national inquiry into historic child sex abuse cases, which held a number of hearings at West Bridgford’s Trent Bridge Cricket Ground last autumn.