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A physics teacher became intimate with a 15-year-old student who had become "infatuated" with him, a court heard.
The man went so far as to hug and kiss the girl, and admitted that he was facing "sexual temptation", before a police officer spotted the canoodling couple in a park and inform the parents of the girl.
The 34-year-old man, who can not be named to protect the minor's identity, was jailed for a year and four months. plead guilty to two counts of indecent act. He also admitted that he tried to obtain an indecent act.
He resigned from high school, in the eastern part of Singapore, shortly after the incidents of September 2016.
Attorney Mark Yeo said that the man was the teacher of physical of the girl in 2014 and 2015 when she was in lower secondary school.
DPP Yeo added: "The victim was infatuated by the accused and worked harder in his subject to not let him down …, the victim contacted the accused via his number of mobile phone, which was provided to all students during the first day of the school term, to arrange consultations on the subject of physics. "
Over time, the pair began to talk to each other Skype and their conversation became more intimate, with sexual connotations.
The man started going to the girls' home in June 2016 to give weekly classes for her and her sister. However, the court heard that he had no feelings for the 15-year-old girl – just a "sexual temptation".
On September 6 of the same year, he picked up the student at her home and went to East Coast Park. There he sat down on a bench, pulled the girl to sit on her lap and hugged her from behind.
He began to kiss his neck and ears for about five minutes. The court heard that she felt shocked and did not react. The man also caressed her thigh before driving her home.
He took her back to the park the next day and performed similar acts before going to Pasir Ris Park. While they were kissing in his car around noon that day, the man tried to reach out to touch his private parts through his pants. She pulled her hand away and brought her home.
On September 8, 2016, they went to Pasir Ris Park where they stood by the hand and played together while she was sitting on her lap. A patrol officer spotted the pair and alerted the girl's parents. His father made a police report.
The Ministry of Education said that he seriously considered the misconduct of teachers and that he would not hesitate to take disciplinary action against of those who do not respect its norms
Shaffiq Alkhatib
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