‘I don’t know why she’s lying,’ says violin teacher accused of assault

A world famous violin professor accused of assaulting a student at the Royal College of Music told a court he cannot think why she made up this ‘grotesque lie’ against him. Jan Repko, 68, was standing behind the 18-year-old girl as she played the violin when he allegedly undid her trousers and touched her intimately. South Africa-born Repko denies sexual assault and assault by penetration in July 2022 and described the allegations as ‘absurd’ following his arrest by police. Giving…