Background
Huggett studied psychology and zoology at the University of London and obtained a diploma in social and administrative studies. He lived for about 10 years in the South of France where he built yachts. Huggett was reported to have been an intelligence officer who from 1989 ran a school for children in Hampshire. The school closed down in 1993 when the lease ran out on the building. He was a father of four, and had produced a first education video.
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