The woman sentenced to three years for defilement

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An unnamed former substitute teacher was sentenced to three years in prison, with two years suspended, for defiling her student on 31 October 2019. She had sex twice with the 16-year-old boy in 2018, when she was 23. She mistakenly believed the age of consent was 16; it is 17.

She pleaded guilty. Judge Martin Nolan said she had abused a position of authority and trust, while recognising her guilty plea, clean record and youth as mitigating factors. He considered it unlikely that she would reoffend.

The woman will be recorded as a sex offender and is expected to lose her right to teach. The proceedings were reported on 31 October 2019.