The Queen has annulled Michael Brewer's OBE for services to
music after the former music school director was convicted of
sexually abusing violinist Frances Andrade more than 30 years
ago.
Brewer, 68, was jailed for six years in March for indecently
assaulting Andrade while she was a pupil at Chetham's School of
Music (pictured) in Manchester, UK. Andrade killed herself after
giving evidence during his trial.
Brewer was awarded the OBE in 1994, the same year he left
Chetham's. The official Crown newspaper, the London
Gazette, reported the annulment of the honour this week: 'The
Queen has directed that the appointment of Michael Curtis Brewer to
be an Officer of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of
the British Empire, dated 31 December 1994, shall be cancelled and
annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the
said Order.'
Official rules allow for honours to be taken away from people who
have done something to damage the honours system's reputation.
Reasons to revoke an honour include being jailed for at least three
months, or being struck off from a professional body relevant to
their honour.
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