‘Teacher was found in bed with pupil by his sister’

A teacher accused of repeatedly abusing a pupil was found lying in bed with the boy by his sister, a court heard. Deborah Franklin, 65, was also seen holding the boy’s hands during school trips, jurors heard. Franklin is accused of eight counts of gross indecency with a boy under 14 between 1991 and 1995 at a preparatory school in Hertfordshire. The complainant, now in his 40s, said he was nine when he joined Franklin’s class and she became his…