A child molester teacher, Keith Hudson, accused of paedophilia and facing extradition to the Netherlands for importing child pornography, took his own life back in 2023.
Keith Hudson, 54, was scheduled to depart for a five-month incarceration in a Dutch prison but failed to arrive at Heathrow Airport.
Keith Hudson, the operator of the private tuition firm Sussex Learning Centre, was granted release under strict terms, including a £10,000 security payment to the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court in central London.
But Amelia Nice, for the Dutch authorities, told the court: “He failed to report to Heathrow. It has since been brought to our attention that apparently he has died.
“Apparently, he committed suicide.”
Keith Hudson, of Willowmead, Crowborough, has previous convictions in the UK for similar offences, had signed on as a sex offender for four years and been banned from working with boys.
He was found guilty of five counts of moving and concealing indecent material at Croydon Crown Court, following an operation by Dover customs officers in 1998.
A Care Standards Tribunal had heard he was not a risk to girls and limited the court’s earlier ban on teaching all children.
Education bosses at East Sussex County Council issued a warning to all schools in the area after the discovery that he was touting for business.
Then, in 2002, he was found guilty of importing and stocking indecent images of boys in the Netherlands between April and December 1999.
However, Keith Hudson was not in court for his sentence, and a bid for his extradition from this country was later launched.
The disgraced tutor was arrested by Sussex and Met detectives at his home last month.
Keith Hudson lost his fight against his return, and a Westminster judge ordered his extradition on December 27 last year.
Keith Hudson was trusted to turn up to Heathrow on January 11 on stringent bail conditions, including residence at his home address, daily reporting to police, and having no contact with any person under 18.
On hearing the report of his death, District Judge Quentin Purdy said he required confirmation from a police officer and adjourned the hearing to February 6.
The judge said if he had died, the £10,000 would be returned.
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