A former boarding school pupil has told a jury he was abused by a teacher as they sat next to each other watching a Bond movie at the cinema.
The boy was a pupil at the privately run school in Devon in the late 1960s and 1970s and says he was molested while watching Diamonds are Forever on its original release.
The boy also alleges he was touched by teacher John Downing on many occasions in classrooms or bathrooms at the school, which has been closed for almost 30 years.
Downing, aged 72, is on trial at Exeter Crown Court where he denies abusing five different pupils at the school where he was a teacher and deputy head.
The jury have been told he exploited his position to take advantage of vulnerable boys aged seven to 12 who were placed at the school by local authorities because they had troubled backgrounds at home.
He is alleged to have touched boys inappropriately at his desk, in a staff bedroom, on fishing and beach trips, and in dormitories and bathrooms.
The first complaint was made in 1994 but was not acted on by police, who reopened the case in 2012 after former pupils exchanged reminiscences on Friends Reunited.
Church organist Downing, aged 72, of Warren Lane, Torrington, denies 25 charges of indecent assault or gross indecency at Exeter Crown Court.
He says he never touched any boy inappropriately and has no idea why the former pupils have made their allegations.
A former pupil said he was groomed by Downing within weeks of arriving at the school.
He said it started with touching when he went to the teacher's desk to have his work marked but progressed to a point where Downing put his hands up his short trousers.
He said he had been abused at a cinema after a visiting relative took him to Barnstaple to see Diamonds are Forever and by chance Downing was in the next seat.
He said:"He rubbed me over my trousers and then put his hand up the leg of my shorts and put my hand on the top of his crotch."
In cross examination the former pupil denied inventing his allegations in the hope of getting compensation or to settle a grudge against the teacher.
He said he decided to go to the police after making contact with a schoolmate on Friends Reunited and seeing postings about the school on the internet.
Another ex pupil told the court he had been abused during midnight feasts at a staff bedroom at which Downing provided sweets and crisps.
He said the teacher would make him stay after other boys left and would stroke and touch him.
He said he first made a complaint to the police in 1994 after he had revealed the abuse for the first time during therapy but that no action was taken at the time.
