A former teacher at Monkton Combe School near Bath, who was charged last year with historic sexual offences against a pupil, is now facing three further charges of indecent assault.
Derek Barker pictured leaving court in May 2025 | Photo © Bath Echo
Derek Barker, now aged 91, first appeared before Bath magistrates on 22nd May 2025 when he was accused of carrying out three sexual offences on a boy in the mid-1970s at the independent school.
Magistrates heard that the alleged offences, which Barker denies, were so serious they could only be dealt with at Crown Court.
Barker, of Winsley Hill at Limpley Stoke, was back at Bath Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 14th January when District Judge Lynne Matthews read out the three new charges he faces.
They are:
- That between 26th April 1972 and 30th August 1972 at Monkton Combe School he indecently assaulted a man aged 16 or over.
- Between 9th February 1979 and 8th February 1981 at Monkton Combe School he indecently assaulted a boy under 14.
- Between 3rd April 1981 and 31st August 1982 at Monkton Combe School he indecently assaulted a man aged 16 or over.
District Judge Matthews told Barker, who entered not guilty pleas, that he must attend a trial preparation hearing at Bristol Crown Court on 23rd February.
Barker is due to go on trial starting 2nd November. He remains on unconditional bail.
