An affluent Hertfordshire settlement between St Albans and Elstree
Deborah Franklin, 65, has been convicted by a jury of multiple sexual offences against a boy in Hertfordshire during the 1990s. She taught at a prep school and was in her 30s at the time. The verdicts come after the boy reported the incidents in 2024; sentencing is scheduled for 1 October, with a high possibility of imprisonment.