Former Mill Hill teacher charged with online child sex offences

The charges relate to a period between last December and February this year

A former school teacher has been charged with 11 online child sex offences, say police.

Sam Phillips, 27, was arrested in March on suspicion of child sexual exploitation, grooming offences and possession of indecent images.

Mr Phillips, of Sutton, south London, was a teacher at Belmont Preparatory School in Mill Hill, north London, from September 2017 to March 2021.

The charges relate to a period between last December and February this year.

Mr Phillips was charged with three counts of sexual communication with a child and two counts of attempting to incite a girl to engage in sexual activity and a separate count of causing or inciting a girl to engage in sexual activity.

He was also charged with four counts of making indecent images of a child and one count of attempting to meet a girl under 16 years of age following grooming.

Met officers were contacted about the welfare of a child and concerns about possible sexual exploitation last month, prompting an investigation by the force's North West Command Unit.

Mr Phillips will appear at Harrow Crown Court on 10 April.

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