but simon doggart was not the only onejohn smyth tried to recruit.ots of people to beat other people. what did he say to you? he said, andy, this is, you know, this is talking about steps, about going from 30 beatings to 50 beatings to 100. the next step is, you need to start beating people. i had 400 nonstop. they had two canes and when john was getting tired he motioned for simon to come in and simon came in on the side sort of without missing a beat. tonight, police tell us they are investigating butjohn smyth is still a free man living in south africa and simon doggart a headmaster now critically ill, yet to give an account of his past. fiona lamdin, bbc news. fiona lamdin with that report on allegations of abuse in the 1980s by the barristerjohn smyth. police in california say a teacher has been killed and two children wounded during a shooting in a primary school classroom. the gunman is also dead. police in the city of san bernardino say the teacher was known to the gunman. they added that two students had also been injured, but they didn't th