Head of strings is charged with rape
mainMalcolm Layfield, who was forced to resign last year as head of strings at Royal Northern College of Music during police investigations of historic sex offences, has finally been charged with one count of rape.
The charge relates to a woman of 18, allegedly assaulted in 1982 when Layfield was teaching at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester. Layfield, 62, is due to appear at Manchester City Magistrates’ Court on 14 August 2014.
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