Suffolk head Martyn Berry admits sex assault on girl
A 61-year-old former head teacher, brought in to turn around a Suffolk school in special measures, has pleaded guilty to a sex assault on a girl.
Martyn Berry, from Middlesbrough, a successful head in the north east of England, was recruited by Holbrook High School near Ipswich.
He was accused of five sex offences and at Ipswich Crown Court pleaded guilty to one charge from 2012.
He was sentenced to 22 months in jail suspended for two years.
He pleaded guilty to a sex assault on a girl which happened between 1 November and 20 December 2012.
He denied four other charges which will be left on file.
He will be put on the sex offenders' register for seven years.
The court heard Berry had brushed his hand against the breast of a 16-year-old girl over her clothing.