Music Teacher Facing Jail For Decades Of Abuse

A notorious paedophile, who admitted a second string of decades-long abuse committed while emloyed as a respected music tutor, will be sentenced later this month.

Michael Crombie, 75, of Monkhams Avenue, Woodford Green admitted molesting sixteen young girls over four decades between 1964 and 2007 while employed at two schools in Redbridge, East London and teaching from home.

He pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to forty-nine counts and will be sentenced on January 25.

A further twenty-six counts of indecent assault and two of rape were dropped.

Crombie appeard at Snaresbrook Crown Court in 2010, where he was convicted on 26 counts of abusing nine young girls between 1992 and 2002.

He was also convicted of a further seven counts of making indecent images of children and one count of possessing indecent images of children.



Publicity arising from this case led to many more victims approaching the Met’s Child Abuse Investigation Team (CAIT) at Woodford to make the additional allegations.