Overview

• Reading Crown Court found Jacob Leland guilty of three sexual assaults on a pupil and not guilty of 11 other charges.
• Leland taught Russian at Eton from 2010 to 2012 and also assisted the housemaster at Common Lane House.
• Testimony described Leland performing oral sex on the student during a school trip and later kissing him and placing his hand over the boy’s groin.
• Eton’s headmaster issued unreserved apologies to those affected and called the conduct an egregious breach of trust.
• Leland will be sentenced on December 11, and the college has commissioned an external review to examine the case and make recommendations.