Sandusky's fellow inmates taunted him at night by singing: 'Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone'



Fellow inmates at Centre County Correctional facility taunted Jerry Sandusky with song lyrics at night after his arrest last year

Former Penn State defensive coordinator convicted of 45 out of 48 charges of child abuse and could face up to 442 years in prison

Defence team says they almost quit during jury selection because they didn't have enough time to prepare

Defendant sent to county jail after bail revoked following verdict

Matt Sandusky's birth parents speak of pain at seeing their son live with paedophile and cover up abuse for years

Conviction ends year-long saga which led to firing of legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno



Benefits? Jerry Sandusky may be able to continue collecting his pension while behind bars

Inmates locked up alongside Jerry Sandusky reportedly taunted him by singing 'Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone' - a line from Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall - while he was awaiting trial.



Sandusky, who has returned to the Centre County Correctional Facility after being convicted of 45 out of 48 charges of child sex abuse, was first locked up in the jail last December.

While there, inmates taunted the disgraced Penn State football coach when the lights went out.



'At night, we were singing "Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone",' one 22-year-old offender named Josh told The Daily .

Prisoners were banned from speaking directly to Sandusky, who was in a special unit reserved for sex offenders or people with mental illnesses.

They were aware of his offenses as they had access to television and newspapers, Josh added.

It suggests the hostile welcome Sandusky could have expected when he returned to the jail last week as he awaits sentencing.



The revelations come after Sandusky was found guilty of using his position at Penn State to coerce children into sex, raping them on university grounds or at his home.

But as he faces 442 years in prison, his legal team has raised an argument about his speedy trial that may become the thrust of an appeal.

His lawyers have revealed that they tried to throw in the towel as the trial began because they had too little time to prepare.

Lockup: Sandusky has been at the Centre County Correctional Facility since he was convicted of 45 out of 48 counts of child abuse

Experts have said the seven months between Sandusky's November arrest and trial was fast-paced by Pennsylvania standards.

Joe Amendola, Sandusky's lawyer, told The Associated Press: 'We told the trial court, the Superior Court and the Supreme Court we were not prepared to proceed to trial in June due to numerous issues, and we asked to withdraw from the case for those reasons.'

The issues included a scheduling conflict with a defence team member and the need to read a cache of documents produced by a lengthy grand jury investigation.

Judge John Cleland denied their request.

Tensions: Paterno hardly got along with his former assistant Jerry Sandusky, left, even before allegations of child sex abuse were raised

The attorneys raised other issues that could be part of the future appeal, saying a mistrial was sought and denied over a repetition at trial of a brief part of a November interview Sandusky had with NBC's Bob Costas.

Sandusky, 68, was convicted on 45 of 48 counts of child sexual abuse on Friday night after 21 hours of jury deliberations. He will likely die in prison.



Amendola spoke out as one of the jurors in the case said he was swayed by the 'very convincing' testimony of eight accusers who said Sandusky molested them for years.

Joshua Harper told NBC's Today show: 'It's hard to judge character on the stand, because you don't know these kids. But most were very credible - I would say all.'

Harper said the accusers who testified one-by-one of horrific abuse at Sandusky's hands were each believable, 'but then also the fact that we saw this corroborating story between all of them.

Confirmation: Joshua Harper told TODAY that Sandusky's facial expression during his sentencing was proof that the jury had made the right decision

Calm: Sandusky showed few signs of emotion as the verdict was read out in court on Friday night

'It was very convincing,' he said.

Harper added that Sandusky's impassive face as the verdict was read was confirmation for jurors.

'I looked at him during the reading of the verdict and just the look on his face. No real emotion,' he said, 'because he knew it was true.'

Doubt: Jurors had issues with the testimony of Mike McQueary, who claimed he saw Sandusky in the showers with a boy

Harper said jurors had some issues with the testimony of Mike McQueary, a then-assistant who said he saw Sandusky assaulting a boy in the Penn State showers in 2001; jurors acquitted Sandusky on one count relating to the incident.

The case is poised to move to an investigation of university officials' role in reporting the charges; two ex-school administrators face trial on charges they didn't properly report McQueary's account of the suspected abuse in 2001.

Almost immediately after the verdict, Penn State President Rodney Erickson signalled an openness to quickly settle potential civil lawsuits arising from the convictions, saying the school 'wants to provide a forum where the university can privately, expeditiously and fairly address the victims' concerns and compensate them for claims.'

The university recently reported a $1.8billion endowment.

But both sides have reasons not to want to go to court, said Jason Kutulakis, a Harrisburg-area lawyer who specializes in child welfare and juvenile law.

Victims are reluctant to get on the stand and have their credibility attacked, he said. 'Penn State's got so much egg on their face, they probably just want to make it all go away,' he said.

For now, the school is facing one lawsuit from an accuser, Travis Weaver, who was not among those represented in the criminal case against Sandusky.



Shocking claim: On Thursday night, adopted son Matt Sandusky, seen here at court on June 22, claimed he had been abused by Jerry Sandusky The biological parents of Jerry Sandusky's adopted son have spoken of their distress at being unable to prevent the former Penn State assistant coach from abusing him.

Matt Sandusky was prepared to take the stand at his adoptive father's trial earlier this week and testify that he had been abused while he was a child.

And it has emerged that his birth mother is wracked with guilt at not investigating Sandusky's behaviour towards Matt and 'feels like she let the other victims down'.

Matt's parents spoke out as it was revealed that a stash of letters from Sandusky to one of his victims has been released in full. Sandusky did not testify in his trial, and his lawyer said this was because the defence did not want Matt Sandusky to take the stand, as the prosecution had threatened.

In custody: Sandusky's attorneys have indicated that they will appeal his conviction Criminal: Sandusky, pictured being escorted to a squad car, is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison 'Our whole case was predicated on Jerry testifying,' attorney Amendola said. 'If we called Jerry Sandusky as a witness, it would almost certainly have resulted in the commonwealth being permitted to call Matt Sandusky.' Mike Long, husband of Matt's biological mother Debra, said the 33-year-old had long struggled with behavioural problems which became worse when he went to live with Sandusky and his wife Dottie in 1995, two years before they adopted him and he changed his name.

When the boy set a barn on fire, 'the courts used it to make Matt go live with Jerry', according to Mr Long. He also suggested that the reason Sandusky was interested in his son and involved him in the Penn State football set-up was so that he could abuse him.

Taken away: Sandusky is being taken to a local jail, where he was placed on suicide watch 'Jerry liked tall, thin boys that he could overpower,' Mr Long told the New York Times .

He added that Debra blamed herself for not stepping in when she detected patterns of abuse in Matt's relationship with Sandusky.

'She feels like she let the other victims down by not being able to stop this back then,' he said. 'It's weighing real heavily on her mind.'

Mrs Long told ABC in November, after Sandusky's abuse was first revealed, that Matt had been intimidated by his adoptive father.

'My son was afraid of Jerry,' she said. 'If Jerry said don’t talk, he didn’t talk. 'I would sit back and watch when Jerry would show up, how excited Matt was. And then, as time went on, I would watch the same kid hide behind the bedroom door and say, "Mom, tell him I’m not home."'



Devastated: An ashen-faced Dottie Sandusky leaves the Bellefonte courtroom after her husband's conviction Consolation: Mrs Sandusky is hugged by a friend as she is forced to leave without her husband

Further evidence of Sandusky's disturbing relationships with children came as prosecutors released the full text of his letters to one of his victims, known as Victim 4.



The letters, published by WNEP , include a short story Sandusky wrote about himself and show the passion of his feelings towards the boy.

Sandusky has been put on suicide watch after the verdict came in late yesterday. He is being held at the Centre County Correctional Facility ahead of sentencing when he could face 442 years in jail..

Jurors were sequestered for just two days while they deliberated the verdict.

But Harper told Today how jurors were 'on the same page' during deliberations. 'We really worked together very well and we were patient and we gave time,' he said.

Jailed: The former coach's bail was revoked immediately after the verdict was announced

Harper added that finding out Matt Sandusky, was prepared to take to the stand to testify against his father was further proof of his guilt.



'That was just confirmation,' he said. 'We heard about it at the same time and we were just looking at each other like we had suspected that, but we had no evidence of it. And it just solidified, you know, our decision.'

The conviction of Sandusky finally brings an end to a horrific saga which has trashed the reputation of a leading public university and ended the career of its president as well as its legendary head coach, Joe Paterno, who died of cancer in January.

After the verdict was announced in the courtroom in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Sandusky's bail was revoked and he was taken to the Center County Correctional Facility.

At work: Sandusky on the sidelines of a Penn State game; he was expected to become the team's head coach after Joe Paterno, who died in January

Sandusky showed little emotion as the verdict was read. The judge ordered him to be taken to the county jail to await sentencing in about three months.

In court, Sandusky half-waved toward family as the sheriff led him away. Outside, he calmly walked to a sheriff's car with his hands cuffed in front of him.



As he was placed in the car, someone yelled at him to 'rot in hell.' Others hurled insults and he shook his head in response.

The accuser known in court papers as Victim 6 broke down in tears upon hearing the verdicts in the courtroom. Afterwards, a prosecutor embraced him and said, 'Did I ever lie to you?'



Gathering: Hundreds of people waited outside the courtroom for the verdict then listened to statements from the prosecution and the defence

Crowd: Reporters and other spectators gather outside court to listen to Pennsylvania attorney general Linda Kelly deliver a speech praising prosecutors and witnesses in the case

The statement added that Penn State had 'established a confidential counseling process for victims of Mr Sandusky’s conduct' and taken other steps to stamp out sexual abuse on campus.



In an apparent attempt to limit the institution's legal liabilities in the light of the verdict, the statement continued: 'The University plans to invite victims of Mr Sandusky’s abuse to participate in a programme to facilitate the resolution of claims against the University arising out of Mr Sandusky's conduct.'

The ex-coach had repeatedly denied the allegations, and his defense suggested that his accusers had a financial motive to make up stories, years after the fact.

His attorney also painted Sandusky as the victim of overzealous police investigators who coached the alleged victims into giving accusatory statements.



Speedy verdict: It took the jury less than two days to reach a conclusion on all of the 48 charges against Sandusky, pictured with his wife Dottie, left

Serious: Sandusky was without his trademark grin on Friday as he arrived at his trial for day two of deliberations

But jurors believed the testimony that, in the words of lead prosecutor Joseph McGettigan III, Sandusky was a 'predatory paedophile.'

One accuser testified that Sandusky molested him in the locker-room showers and in hotels while trying to ensure his silence with gifts and trips to bowl games.

He also said Sandusky had sent him 'creepy love letters', which a psychologist argued were the result of the former coach's 'histrionic' personality.



Another spoke of forced oral sex and instances of rape in the basement of Sandusky's home, including abuse that left him bleeding. He said he once tried to scream for help, knowing that Sandusky's wife was upstairs, but figured the basement must be soundproof.



Another, a foster child, said Sandusky warned that he would never see his family again if he ever told anyone what happened.

Dottie Sandusky testified on her husband's behalf, saying she witnessed no abuse and had there been any she would have known

Sacked: Penn State head coach Joe Paterno lost his job over claims that he failed to report the allegations about Sandusky; he died in January

Laughter: Sandusky jokes with members of the Penn State team at an event in 1999

From campus riots to life in prison: Story of a scandal

When news broke in November that Jerry Sandusky, the 68-year-old former Penn State defensive coordinator was accused of abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period, it rocked Penn State’s campus, causing riots where more than 240 NFL stars were trained and sparking national outrage over the guilty party’s spiral of silence on the abuse.

Hired by Penn state in 1969 as an assistant football coach, Sandusky worked closely with legendary head coach Joe Paterno. Together, they turned out one of the most impressive collegiate football teams in U.S. history, with Paterno himself acclaimed as the winningest coach.

Prosecutors accused Sandusky of using the Second Mile, a charity he founded in 1977 that was dedicated to helping troubled children, was in fact the net that he used to find and ensnare young children. Attorneys alleged he befriended them, lured them in, and molested them.

Legend: Joe Paterno, left, is awarded the Lambert Trophy for 'eastern gridiron supremacy' in 1968

Testimony of abuse began in 1994, when a boy identified by the grand jury as Victim 7, who is now 26, said that he met Sandusky through The Second Mile.



He told the grand jury that he has a ‘blurry memory’ of having improper contact with Sandusky when they were showering together in the football locker room on the Penn State campus in State College, Pennsylvania, a couple of years later.

Between 1996 and 1998, Sandusky began showering with other young victims. Each victim’s testimony appeared more graphic than the next, with victims telling the jury how Sandusky lathered soap on them and rubbed them.

On June 1, 1998, university police interviewed Sandusky, who admitted showering naked with one of the victims, and conceded it was wrong. A university police detective told Sandusky never to shower with children again, the jury report read.

Frail: Paterno pictured in January, just days before he died of cancer aged 85

He retired in 1999 from as defensive coordinator, but remained many privileges, including unbridled access to Penn State’s athletic facilities, including locker rooms.

In 2000, he published his autobiography, Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story. That was also the year that a Penn State janitor witnessed Sandusky showering with a young boy and performing oral sex on him. Though the janitor told his co-workers about what he saw, the incident was not immediately reported to authorities.

In February 2001, a graduate assistant, later identified as Mike McQueary, reported seeing Sandusky rape a boy who appeared to be about 10 years old in the shower of the campus football locker room in State College.

The next morning, McQueary telephoned Paterno and then went to Paterno's home to explain what he had seen.



Paterno testified that he called Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley and met with him the following day, explaining that McQueary had reported seeing Sandusky involved in sexual activity with a young boy in the showers.

Riots: Police flooded the streets of the Penn State campus after students protested against Paterno's firing

Confrontation: 14,000 students took to the streets to express their fury at events

The incident was not reported to any law enforcement or child protective agency. Curley told the grand jury he was informed of ‘inappropriate conduct’ and ‘horsing around,’ but not of sexual assault.

However, Curley barred Sandusky from bringing minors onto campus. The jury heard more graphic testimony as Sandusky became bolder in his actions.



One boy said he was forced to perform oral sex on Sandusky; another testified that Sandusky pulled down his gym shorts and performed oral sex on him in Sandusky’s basement.

In 2010, Sandusky retired from the Second Mile, and on November 5, 2011, he was charged with 40 counts of molesting eight boys from 1994 to 2009. He was arrested and later released on $100,000 bail.

Sandusky admitted in a November interview with Bob Costas on Rock Center: ‘I could say I have done some of those things. I have horsed around with kids I have showered [with] after workouts. I have hugged them, and I have touched their legs without intent of sexual contact.’

He denied that ‘horsing around’ made him a paedophile.

In memoriam: Students gathered at the Joe Paterno statue at Beaver Stadium at Penn State in January to honour the winningest coach in major college football history

Crowds: Mourners lined the pavement as they watched Joe Paterno's hearse followed by the Penn State team buses

A day after Sandusky was charged, Paterno issued a statement in which he acknowledged being told by MecQueary in 2002 of the incident in the shower but that he ‘at no time related to me the very specific actions contained in the grand jury report.’ Paterno later announced that he planned to retire at the end of the season, but was fired, along with university president Graham Spanier.

Paterno’s firing caused massive riots on the campus, with thousands of students and Penn State football fans showing their support for the coach. Several days later, one of Paterno’s sons announced that his father had been diagnosed with a treatable form of lung cancer.

After the initial charges, several more victims came forward, most notably Sandusky’s step son, after the jury had been sequestered to deliberate.

Sandusky was again arrested on December 7, when the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office claimed he abused two more boys. His wife defended Sandusky, saying the allegations were ‘absolutely untrue.’

On January 22, Paterno succumbed to lung cancer. His death caused an extreme upset at Penn State’s campus, and hundreds of supporters rallied around a statue of the winningest coach, laying candles and flowers at the base in his memory.

Sandusky tried three times to dismiss all charges against him; at the same time, Judge Cleland issued a gag order, which forbade either side from talking to the media while the case was on-going.

A LIFE IN PRISON: WHAT'S NEXT FOR JERRY SANDUSKY AFTER CONVICTION

A jury took less than two days to find Jerry Sandusky guilty of 45 of 48 counts of child sexual abuse, but the judge will need substantially more time to decide his punishment.

It is likely that Judge John Cleland will order a pre-sentencing report, which will take up to two months to complete.

During that time, he would be examined by the state Sexual Offenders Assessment Board to decide if he should be treated as a sexually violent predator, and prosecutors could ask the judge for a hearing.

The judge determines whether someone is a sexually violent predator - it carries stiffer reporting and treatment requirements once someone is out of prison - and can use information from the board's investigation in a sentencing decision.

If he is sentenced to state prison - which appears to be certain in this case - then Sandusky will be transferred to Camp Hill, in central Pennsylvania, which has 3,000 to 4,000 inmates, about 1,000 of whom are held temporarily for classification.

New inmates are put through a battery of medical, dental, psychiatric, psychological, vocational and educational testing, according to Department of Corrections spokeswoman Sue Bensinger.

He would then be placed in a state prison based on his treatment plan and the available beds. Sex offenders must undergo mandatory treatment programs, she said.

A judge can request placement near an inmate's home, but the department cannot necessarily honor those requests.

Age is not a factor in the placement of Sandusky, 68, but any medical conditions could be. Inmates from 18 to 79 are housed in general populations, although older inmates may be put in lower bunks and have other handicap accommodations. The majority of state facilities have infirmaries.

Sandusky could still face a flurry of potential civil lawsuits from his accusers.