Who is ex Edinburgh Academy teacher Iain Wares and what has he been accused of?

IAIN WARES is the subject of a new Panorama documentary that explores his alleged victims' campaign to bring him to justice.

My Teacher the Abuser: Fighting for Justice, directed by Matthew Hill, follows former pupils of the schools where Wares used to work as they fight for the ex-teacher to be extradited to the UK from South Africa.

Who is Iain Wares?

Iain Wares is a former teacher at the Edinburgh Academy and Fettes college who has been accused of abusing a number of his students in the 1960s and 1970s.

Before his retirement, he worked as a maths teacher and rugby coach.

MailOnline reported in March 2023 that Wares is living in a retirement village with his wife on South Africa's Western Cape.

He has lived in South Africa since 1979 and has been accused of indecent abuse by a former pupil at Rondebosch Boys Prep School in the suburb of Cape Town.

This alleged abuse is said to have taken place in the 1990s.

Wares was formerly known only as "Edgar" in the press but was named after a judge ruled that his identity should be made public, following his arrest in South Africa for sex crimes there.

What is the Edinburgh Academy?

The Edinburgh Academy is an independent school in Edinburgh, Scotland, which opened in 1824.

It used to be an all-boys school but is now a co-educational establishment that welcomes pupils from the ages of two to 18 years old.

Fees for the Edinburgh Academy can cost as much as £14k a year in the primary school and £17k in the high school.

What has Iain Wares been accused of?

Wares is facing more than 80 historical abuse charges involving more than 40 alleged victims.

Some of his alleged victims are as young as nine.

He is fighting an extradition battle that could see him return to the UK to face trial.