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A shamed teacher is living with her parents
after being kicked out by her husband for a tawdry affair with a 16-year-old
pupil.
The geography teacher faces jail
after pleading guilty earlier this week to a sexual affair with the boy that
went on for eight months. It can now be revealed that her offending began just
six months after she married in a lavish ceremony in July 2014.
Dozens of guests watched her wed her
30-year-old husband at picturesque St Peter’s Church, Limpsfield, in the Surrey
commuter belt near London. After the ceremony the couple retired to Tandridge
Golf Club where they posed for photographs in the extensive grounds.
Police later discovered she had
already been in a ‘close relationship’ with the boy at her school in South-East
London for some time. She now admits their friendship became sexual in January
2015 and the pair met for a series of illicit liaisons.
The teacher sent him several explicit
pictures and videos and even continued to try to win his affections after he
ended the relationship. Her extensive grooming of the pupil was exposed after
his parents – both respected professionals in their field – became suspicious
and he confessed to the affair.
The events have fuelled a rumour
mill at the school, which cannot be named for legal reasons. Parents said Cox
was well known for her ‘forward’ manner with boy pupils.
One said: ‘I remember her from a
parents’ evening. The way she greeted one of the boys, it certainly raised an
eyebrow.’
Another claimed a mystery
whistleblower had plastered buildings with Post-it notes in a bid to raise the
alarm about the improper relationship.
Investigators are concerned the boy,
who continues to study at the same institution, could be identified by a
whirlwind of comment on social media.
The teen has been lavishly praised
by contemporaries online – with classmates taking sly digs at the morals of the
teacher. A former pupil said photos of the pair romping in a car spread like
wildfire as they were exchanged by mobile phone.
One dimly-lit photograph shows them
kissing passionately and another shows them both smiling for a selfie, with the
boy wearing his school tie.
Speaking at Croydon Crown Court,
where Cox appeared this week, one official said extra measures are being taken
to protect the boy’s identity, adding: ‘It is all over the internet.’
Identifying a victim of a sex crime
is a serious offence which can lead to a substantial fine or even prison
sentence.
Last month five people who
identified the victim of paedophile footballer Adam Johnson online were issued
with harassment notices.
Cox, who pleaded guilty to five
counts of sexual activity with a boy aged 13 to 17, will return to court next
month to learn her fate. Judge Nicholas Ainley has warned her she could go to
jail for more than a year but he will take into account a report by a clinical
psychologist.
The teacher was arrested on
September 16 after the head was informed, who in turn told social services and
police.
She has admitted sexual touching on
two occasions in March last year as well as sexual intercourse between April
and September. Prosecutors said there was a ‘build up’ to their relationship
ahead of the victim’s 16th birthday despite the ten-year age difference.At the
family home in Oxted yesterday, her father David Dunlop, 61, claimed there is
‘another side’ to the affair which has not been made public.
‘This is a very difficult time for
the family,’ he said. ‘We have suffered as a family because not all the truth
is out there. We won’t make any further statement.’
The boy’s mother said: ‘We can’t say
anything at the moment because our son is still at the school and we don’t want
to make any ripples.’
But she said she had completed a
victim impact statement for the court detailing how the sex offence had
affected the family.
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