Groping Teacher Gets No Jail - Updated



Katherine Goldberg
(London, England) Montessori school teacher, Katherine Goldberg, 25, pleaded guilty to sexual assault and being inebriated on a flight from South Africa to England.

Goldberg had reportedly experienced an "alcohol-induced illusion" that a male flight attendant was her boyfriend and she asserted herself sexually.

According to Prosecutor James O'Connell,

''She sat on his lap and grabbed hold of his genitalia through his trousers.''

She also spoke to the man suggestively and kept ''making offers to him'', the court heard.

She was heard to tell the air steward: ''Let me and you go somewhere. You can touch me anywhere you want, I don't mind.''

As a result of her guilty plea, Goldberg was sentenced to 80 hours community service plus a £1,500 fine and £250 in court costs. She has also been suspended from her teaching position.

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In-Flight Groping Alleged
[Previous 9/17/11 post]
(London, England) A 25-year-old schoolteacher, Katherine Goldberg, has been accused of groping a Virgin Atlantic steward at 33,000 feet and demanding sex after drinking a pint of whisky on a flight from South Africa to England.

Goldberg faces charges of sexual assault and being drunk on an aircraft.

Goldberg, who is of South African heritage, is understood to have been returning from visiting relatives when the alleged incident took place on an Airbus A340-600 at 5.30am British time on August 24.

On Tuesday her lawyer, Francis Brennan, told magistrates in Uxbridge, West London that he hoped his client would be let off one of the charges with a caution.

Goldberg is free on bail awaiting a court appearance next week.