Teacher 'hid boy's trunks in bag'

A teacher took more than 350 photos of boys' bottoms in his flat and kept a pair of trunks sealed in a bag for more than 12 years, a court heard.

Stephen Johnston, 56, initially, denied there was a sexual motive behind taking the intimate pics but later admitted there was, Bristol Crown Court heard.



The court heard the former French teacher, who was working at a Bristol school, took the pictures of the youngsters because he liked their "personalities".

However, under cross examination, Mr Johnston, admitted lying and said the numerous shots of their "crotches and backsides were no accident and were motivated by his physical attraction to them".

Mr Johnston, from Sturminster Newton, Dorset, denies two serious sex assaults and five indecent assaults.