Terry Burke, who worked at Falmouth School for 30 years, has been jailed for 18 years.
A former deputy headmaster at a secondary school has been jailed for grooming two vulnerable female pupils before having sex with them.
Burke, now living in Swindon, was jailed for a total of 18 years after being found guilty of 16 offences.Emily Pitts, prosecuting, said Burke, who was in his 50s at the time, groomed the two teenagers with attention, gifts and flattery. Married grandfather Burke told the jury that no underage sex took place with either girl before they were 16 years old and claimed the victims were liars and fantasists.One of the victims said Burke "haunts me daily" and he had left her attempting suicide.He told Burke: "You continue to haunt them and each lied to protect you."
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