Abused lad claims he was punished for whistleblowing on Cyril Smith

A FORMER student at the Knowl View part-time residential school for boys has claimed that he was punished by his headmaster for accusing the then Governor of the school Cyril Smith of child abuse, the ongoing inquiry into abuse heard today.
The witness, who cannot be named, told the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse, that Cyril Smith touched him inappropriately when he 10-years-old in the staff room at Knowl View.
He was placed at the residential school for boys in 1969 in a shared dormitory called 'Nirvana' with older boys.
He said, that the then headmaster, John Turner, 'spanked him on the backside' in front of the other boys in the school gym.  And he added that Mr. Turner accused him of 'trying to ruin the man's career'.
He was sent to other institutions, he believed as another punishment.
He later returned to Knowl View before leaving aged 16.
The witness claimed he was sexually assaulted by other older lads at the school.

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