{"id":15191,"date":"2019-07-29T09:31:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T13:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=15191"},"modified":"2019-07-29T09:31:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T13:31:20","slug":"teacher-who-had-sex-with-four-pupils-jailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2019\/07\/29\/teacher-who-had-sex-with-four-pupils-jailed\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher who had sex with four pupils jailed"},"content":{"rendered":"

A teacher who had sex with four of his pupils, including one who became pregnant, has been jailed for 12 years.<\/p>\n

Sean Aldridge, 37, a former teacher at Warblington School in Havant, Hampshire, was found guilty of 24 counts of sexual activity with a child.<\/p>\n

Jurors heard some of the offences took place while he was on paternity leave.<\/p>\n

The court heard he had previously been investigated by the school but was subsequently promoted to assistant head teacher and head of safeguarding.<\/p>\n

During the three-week trial, Portsmouth Crown Court heard that Aldridge, from Southsea, had sex with girls aged 13 to 16 between 2006 and 2012 on school premises and in his car.<\/p>\n

One of his victims became pregnant before suffering a miscarriage, the court was told.<\/p>\n

Another said, during her first sexual encounter, Aldridge kept repeating: “I could go to prison for this.”<\/p>\n

Aldridge, who taught PE, was also convicted of one count of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.<\/p>\n

At his sentencing, one of his victims read out a statement saying Aldridge initially made her feel special but she was left feeling “dirty, used, stupid and embarrassed” after he took her virginity.<\/p>\n

Passing sentence, Judge Roger Etherington said of Aldridge: “The abuse of trust was truly appalling. You were perceived as a good or outstanding teacher with a special rapport with pupils.”<\/p>\n

But, he said, Aldridge had groomed girls with “flirty texts and intimate photos”.<\/p>\n

He said it was “quite extraordinary” that by 2017 Aldridge had been made the school’s safeguarding lead, a post he said would have taken “breathtaking arrogance” to apply for.<\/p>\n

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Aldridge was a PE teacher at Warblington School in Havant<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Hampshire Constabulary confirmed it had previously investigated allegations relating to two of the girls but it later emerged Aldridge had persuaded both victims to lie.<\/p>\n

After his sentencing, Det Insp Toby Elcock said: “Aldridge had such a hold on the girls that they did not feel able to report what was happening to them when police spoke with two of the victims back in 2010 and 2012.<\/p>\n

“However, thanks to the bravery of those girls, who are now grown women, that silence was broken.”<\/p>\n

Emma Lile, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Aldridge had “groomed and abused the trust of four young girls” who he deliberately targeted because they were vulnerable.<\/p>\n

She said: “He took any opportunity to have sex with them on school premises or at his home. He thought he could lead a normal life being married and having children without probably being ever caught.”<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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