Brit Teacher Gets Prison in Sex Case - Updated

(Blackpool, England) Drama teacher Caroline French, 38, has been convicted of indecent assault and indecency with a child stemming from incidents between January and April 2004 when her victim was 15 years old.

As a result, French has been sentenced in Preston Crown Court to three years in prison.

Judge Stuart Baker concluded the proceeding by telling French, "You chose to plead not guilty and that is your right but, by accusing almost all the Crown's witnesses of lying, you have shown you have no remorse for what you have done.

"Your career now lies in ruin and your life is ruined as well. You will have a long and difficult struggle to rehabilitate yourself in paid employment."

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(Blackpool, England) A 38-year-old secondary school drama teacher, Caroline Amanda French, is on trial at Preston Crown Court for alleged indecency with a female student, starting when she was just 14.

Preston Crown Court heard how the teenager turned to Caroline French as she began to have problems in her home life and became confused over her sexuality.

A jury heard how lifts home from school quickly progressed into a “full on kiss” and a sexual relationship between the pair.

But the 38-year-old, who was a drama teacher at a Blackpool high school at the time, denies the allegations, claiming she is not gay and her former pupil is lying.

Speaking to the court via video-link, the now former pupil – who is now 22 – described the moment the couple had first been intimate with one another after a booze-fuelled night together.

The trial continues….

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