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Teacher Jailed For Underage Sex, But Is It?
I can understand the teacher being dismissed, and not being able to teach again but why is he being charged with having underage sex, she was 17yrs old?
Last week a teacher was found not guilty for sex with a 16yr old.
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Last week a teacher was found not guilty for sex with a 16yr old.
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Surely if the legal age old consent is 16, what does it matter what their older partners job is?
Would it have been any different if he had been the girl's boss in any other line of employment?
/// The court heard the victim, who cannot be named and is now taking civil action against her former school, described feeling ‘confused and lost’ and had been ‘let down by a teacher whom she looked up to and trusted’. ///
Ah now I beginning to understand why after 5 years together she has now spoken up, all with the help of her mother of course.
Would it have been any different if he had been the girl's boss in any other line of employment?
/// The court heard the victim, who cannot be named and is now taking civil action against her former school, described feeling ‘confused and lost’ and had been ‘let down by a teacher whom she looked up to and trusted’. ///
Ah now I beginning to understand why after 5 years together she has now spoken up, all with the help of her mother of course.
ummmm
/// Aog, have you ever heard of grooming? ///
Yes but what difference does his job make, answer my point about his position being any different from any other person's supervisory job?
She was 17 not a child, and who then went on to have a child by him in her early 20s. surely she should have been 'grown up' enough by then?
/// Aog, have you ever heard of grooming? ///
Yes but what difference does his job make, answer my point about his position being any different from any other person's supervisory job?
She was 17 not a child, and who then went on to have a child by him in her early 20s. surely she should have been 'grown up' enough by then?
Does this help?
"Under the Children Act 1989, teachers have a duty of care towards their pupils, traditionally referred to as 'in loco parentis'. Legally, while not bound by parental responsibility, teachers must behave as any reasonable parent would do in promoting the welfare and safety of children in their care"
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"Under the Children Act 1989, teachers have a duty of care towards their pupils, traditionally referred to as 'in loco parentis'. Legally, while not bound by parental responsibility, teachers must behave as any reasonable parent would do in promoting the welfare and safety of children in their care"
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As long as someone is at school then they cannot and should not pursue a relationship with teachers there. This ought to be obvious; and just because the relationship continues beyond school years doesn't make it suddenly legitimate, especially as in this case it's suspected that the child was groomed. People in bad relationships can, and do, feel trapped in them sometimes. I'd have thought this too was obvious.
AOG, that is why there is a specific law to prevent teachers having sex with their 16 and 17 year old pupils. It is not 'underage sex' it is the offence of abuse of position of trust under s.16 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 which deals specifically with 16 and 17 year old pupils.
Obviously if the pupil is under 16 there is other laws in place.
Obviously if the pupil is under 16 there is other laws in place.
## The answer to that, "is a 17 year old still a child? ##
No they are not!
I agree OAG, they are grown up women theses days, and you can see them down any high street at weekends, skirts up to their @rse, smoking, getting blotto, effing & blinding, falling over and puking up!
That is not child behavior IMO.
No they are not!
I agree OAG, they are grown up women theses days, and you can see them down any high street at weekends, skirts up to their @rse, smoking, getting blotto, effing & blinding, falling over and puking up!
That is not child behavior IMO.
