The man, who's in his 40s but can't be identified for legal reasons, gave evidence yesterday in the trial of James Braid, a former English and Drama teacher at Bay House School, Gosport.

He told the jury: 'This happened to me 20 years ago and for a very long time it was all I could do to admit it to myself.

'I felt so ashamed I didn't even manage that for a very long time. I told my partner in 2005 and sometimes I still feel ashamed and wish I hadn't.

'The police came to me and asked me about it. I took a weekend to make up my mind and it was a tough decision.

'But I have children with my partner and that was what did it. If I knew that was happening to my children I'd be furious and devastated. I can't even imagine what I'd do.

'I thought back to what had happened to me and I remembered the nights of lying there thinking about him and saying "please don't come in, please don't do this again". I can't let that happen again.'

Braid, who worked at the school for 30 years before retiring in 2008, is accused of abusing four boys between 1982 and 2002.

The 58-year-old denies seven charges of indecent assault, one of rape and one other sexual offence.

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