St Gilbert's abuse: School master cruelty case dismissed
UnknownA former school master charged with being involved in historical abuse has had the charges against him dismissed.
Vincent Rochford, 87, of Barton Lane, Manchester, denied one charge of child cruelty and one of assault relating to his time at St Gilbert's in Hartlebury, Worcestershire.
The case against him was disposed at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday.
The Crown Prosecution Service said it "offered no further evidence".
St Gilbert's, which closed in 1986, received boys as young as 11 when they were convicted of petty misdemeanours.
