A schoolboy jailed for raping a teacher has lost his High Court bid to remain anonymous

Simon Hughes:

Dwayne Best, 16, was named for the first time after being jailed for life over the assault on the 28-year-old in her classroom.

In a 12-minute attack, he ripped off her clothes, butted and bit her, grabbed her by the throat and repeatedly threatened to kill her.

He tried to make her have sex with him, then throttled her as he forced her to engage in oral sex — classified as rape.

Lawyers for Best — who was 15 at the time of the attack — argued naming him would put his life and rehabilitation at risk, as well as affect his family and “blameless” mother.

But Best’s victim said yesterday: “The end of the legal process gives me the opportunity to start to put my life back together.

“Naming him may help him to accept responsibility for what he has done and recognise the gravity of his actions.”

Best, who pleaded guilty to rape, was given a life sentence at the Old Bailey on July 4 for the attack at Westminster City School for Boys in Central London.

But he could be out in just four and a half years on parole.

His lawyers were appealing against Judge Christopher Moss’s decision to name him when he was sentenced.

But at the High Court yesterday, Lord Justice Kennedy said he was entirely satisfied that Judge Moss’s intention had not been “to name and shame” but to protect the interests of open justice.

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