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Chris Ling

Chris Ling played violin.

In 2015, Chris Ling died by suicide when facing extradition to Britain to answer 77 charges of sexual offenses. Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service investigated Ling as early as 1990 but failed to extradite him until more than a dozen students came forward with allegations after his colleague Michael Brewer’s trial.
Chris Ling

Affiliations


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Articles

  1. The Violin Channel (September 1, 2015). Former Chetham's Teacher Facing Extradition Charges Found Dead. The Violin Channel. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015.

  2. BBC News (September 2, 2015). Chetham's ex-teacher Chris Ling 'shot himself' in US. BBC News. Archived from the original on September 4, 2015.

  3. Pidd, Helen (September 30, 2019). CPS could and should have extradited paedophile music teacher. The Guardian.

  4. Burns, Judith (October 1, 2019). Music school pupil abused by violin teacher at 15. BBC News. Archived from the original on October 2, 2019.

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