School house parent admits stealing valuables from Oxford boarders’ dormitories
A house parent at d’Overbroeck’s, a private school in Oxford, admitted stealing pupils’ belongings from their dormitories. The case raises questions about how the school informed families: parents were told the staff member had left, but the letter did not mention the thefts.
Jack Martin-Harley, 33, admitted nine burglary counts at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. The thefts took place over four months, from December to April, at Westway House, which accommodates about 50 sixth-form pupils; the stolen items included cash, jewellery and electronics, and some have not been returned. His sentencing hearing was adjourned to 26 November after he appeared without a lawyer.
In short
- Boarding assistant admitted nine burglaries at an Oxford private school.
- Theft spree lasted four months and targeted sixth-form pupils’ belongings.
- Some items remain missing, and sentencing was postponed.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Elite private school pupils robbed by ‘parent’ who was paid to supervise boarders”.