A top principal will face court before starting a new job at a prestigious English school, after his ex-wife launched a private prosecution against him.
An earlier complaint against Albany's Kristin School executive principal Peter Clague led to a police warning, but no charges. Now, Clague, 48, faces one charge of male assaults female for an incident at his Greenhithe home in September 2010. Clague's ex-wife, Jeanne Jackman, alleges Clague ran at her in anger, shook her by the shoulders, and pushed her on to stairs, causing her to fracture her tailbone. She also alleges Clague had previously been psychologically abusive.
Barrister Michael Lloyd will represent Clague this month. "Peter's told me about this and we're working out how we're going to handle it all but that's really as far as it's gone, so I can't really say a whole lot more than that," he said this week. "It's the same case ... she's giving it another flogging now."
Clague previously told the Herald on Sunday: "My career is on the whim of a woman who is angry over a break-up ... principals don't come back from false allegations like this."
Clague previously claimed the couple argued in their home's driveway and Jackman became upset.
