Jailed thugs locked up alongside serial child molester Jerry Sandusky ridiculed him during his first stint at Centre County Correctional Facility in December, singing lyrics from a Pink Floyd song: “Hey, teacher! Leave those kids alone!” according to a report.
A former inmate told tablet newspaper The Daily that the disgraced ex-Penn State coach had his own cell in the sex offenders’ unit when he spent a night at the jail following his initial arrest.
The 22-year-old former prisoner, identified only as Josh, said the other inmates were barred from talking to Sandusky.
But, as soon as the lights went out, they taunted him with a few famous bars from Pink Floyd’s 1979 album, “The Wall.”
“At night, we were singing ‘Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone,’ ” Josh said, quoting the lyrics.
Josh told The Daily that everyone recognized the 68-year-old coach from newspaper and television reports about his horrific crimes.
Sandusky returned to the central Pennsylvania lockup on Friday after he was convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse and endangerment.
He was immediately placed on suicide watch.
He faces more than 400 years in prison when sentenced.
On Sunday, Sandusky’s lawyers said they planned to appeal the convictions on the grounds that an NBC interview the jury heard contained a glitch.
LAWYERS FOR CONVICTED PEDOPHILE JERRY SANDUSKY PLAN APPEAL ON GROUNDS OF TV GLITCH
The Bob Costas interview, which aired on the “Today” show and other NBC programs in November, made it seem like Sandusky was being evasive when Costas asked him if he was sexually attracted to boys.
The flawed tape showed Costas asking the question twice, when, in fact, he only asked it once.
The error was discovered during trial, and Judge John Cleland ordered jurors to disregard the interview.
On Saturday, Juror Josh Harper told “Today” that he and his 11 peers were “on the same page” about convicting Sandusky because the eight victims who testified told similar stories.
Harper said he was convinced they made the right call after seeing Sandusky’s face when the verdict was read aloud.
“That was just confirmation, again. I looked at him during the reading of the verdict, and the look on his face, no real emotion, just kind of accepting, because he knew it was true,” Harper said.
pcaulfield@nydailynews.com
