Teacher cleared of assaulting pupil

A teacher at a Catholic girls’ school wept wept as he was cleared by a jury sexually assaulting a pupil. Philip McDermott, 59, was accused of engaging in repeated acts of sexual activity with the girl while teaching her at a London school. She claimed McDermott touched her intimately at a Bryan Adams gig in the summer of 2016 and sexually assaulted her in a park after taking her out for a romantic pub lunch. The alleged victim claimed the…