‘I feel so relieved,’ says Iain Wares survivor after guilty verdict

A survivor of child sexual abuse, known only as Stephen, said he is relieved that his abuser, Iain Wares, will finally be held accountable.

The Wynberg Regional Court has found the former Rondebosch Boys’ Primary School teacher guilty of indecent assault.

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Wares abused Stephen when he was a 12-year-old grade 5 pupil at the school in 1988.

The court rejected Wares’ defence that he did not remember the complainant and could not have harmed him.

Stephen told the court that Wares would stop him in school corridors, pretend to help him tuck in his shirt, and then touch him inappropriately.

He also testified that Wares would act aggressively and behave in a sexually inappropriate manner towards him.

Stephen said he hopes other victims will also find justice.

"I don’t know whether to cry or not. I feel so relieved. It’s been 35 years, and finally justice has been served."

Wares also faces 90 charges linked to the abuse of more than 60 boys in Scotland five decades ago.