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She was a student at a high school here and the director of a co-curricular activity (CCA), and he was the teacher in charge.
The man was also in charge of an advanced class that he attended, and they became close, eventually dating, despite a 22-year age difference.
On four occasions in 2011, while they were on the school premises, the man committed indecent acts with the girl, who was 15 years old at the time: hugging her, pressing his body against hers and touching her.
The illicit relationship came to light in 2018 when she told another teacher, and the man, now 46, was convicted yesterday of two crimes under the Children and Adolescents Act (CYPA).
He pleaded guilty on what was supposed to be his first day of trial. Two other crimes against CYPA were taken into consideration. It was not said in court why the victim broke her silence.
The man, who cannot be identified due to a gag order on the girl’s identity, was transferred to the school in 2009 and taught the girl’s class the following year.
They began to share personal matters, to meet for coffee in and out of school. In late February 2011, they were in a relationship, holding hands when they were alone at school.
“At all material times, the defendant knew that the victim was 15 years old,” Assistant District Attorney Asoka Markandu told District Judge Eddy Tham.
At least two of the crimes were committed in a room assigned to the CEC committee.
Sometime between March and May 2011, he grabbed the girl’s wrists, raised them above her, pressed his body against hers and said, “Now I can do anything.”
He released it after 15 seconds. The girl did not react, but recalled feeling confused and embarrassed, the DPP said.
On another occasion, he touched the girl’s inner thigh and private parts. She was shocked and didn’t know how to react to his advances.
After the June vacation of that year, he broke up with her, but they stayed in touch even after the girl left school.
EATING DISORDER
She returned in 2014 as an assistant teacher and began showing signs of an eating disorder. In November 2016, she stopped having contact with the man.
Then, in August 2018, she told another teacher at the school about the relationship. The matter passed to the director, who made a police report on his behalf.
The man was no longer employed by the Ministry of Education at the time.
The case was postponed yesterday for four weeks, pending psychiatric reports on the victim and the man. The prosecution will also present an impact statement to the victim.
The man is out on $ 10,000 bail. For each CYPA crime, you can be fined up to $ 5,000, jailed for up to two years, or both.
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