A PUBLISHER is pulping all books by a disgraced writer after he was unmasked as a paedophile.

Former headteacher-turned-author Dean Hayes, 59, is serving a five-and-a-half-year jail sentence for indecency with children.

Now Hayes’s publisher, Pitch Publishing, has pledged to remove his titles from its stock and donate his royalties to charity.

Hayes was head at Brindle St James’ CE Primary, Water Street, Brindle, between 1987 and 1995, and a well-known sportsman, having played league Cricket at various clubs in Lancashire.

He was also a prolific writer, having produced more than 100 published histories, including ones about Blackburn Rovers, Burnley FC and Lancashire County Cricket Club.

A spokesman for the West Sussex-based publishers said the author had tried to hide the ongoing criminal case from them.

“This news came as a shock, as it did to those retailers stocking the book.

“We will be pulping the remaining stock we hold of both titles.

“Additionally, we have terminated our contract with Mr Hayes, and we will be withholding any royalties due to him.

“Instead, these will be donated to a local charity.”

Hayes was jailed last month after pleading guilty to five specimen counts of indecent assault on children and three counts of indecency with a child.

Hayes, last of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, admitted abusing two young girls between January 1991, and December 1996, and also pleaded guilty to poss-essing 25 indecent im-ages of children.

The abuse was sustained and took place over a period of years, Preston Crown Court heard last month.