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UK Teacher Jailed for Lesbian Affair With Student

Had sex with girl, 15, at parents' home

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 21, 2009 11:53 AM CDT

(Newser) – A London teacher was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for having a lesbian affair with a 15-year-old student. Music teacher Helen Goddard, 26, was banned for life from working with children and will have to register as a sex offender, but will be allowed to see the girl when she is released, the London Times reports. The student says she initiated the 5-month affair, which included overnight stays at Goddard’s home, sexual relations at the girl’s parents’ home, and a weekend away together in Paris.

The sex was consensual—in fact the student said she "pressured" her teacher into it—but in the UK it is against the law to have sexual relations with anyone under 16. Police raided Goddard’s residence after an anonymous tip, and seized sex toys including vibrators and “fluffy handcuffs.”

A London teacher was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for having a lesbian affair with a 15-year-old student.
A London teacher was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for having a lesbian affair with a 15-year-old student.   (Shutterstock)
The pair spent a romantic weekend in Paris.
The pair spent a romantic weekend in Paris.   (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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She said she, the girl, had instigated the relationship and felt guilty for the situation she had put Ms Goddard in and that she wished to continue the relationship. - Prosecutor Regina Naughton

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orchide87
Sep 22, 2009 9:25 AM CDT
in general, and i hate it, society accepts woman-on-woman action more than man-on man and i think its one of the reasons why it wasn't frowned upon as much as it would've if it was an adult man with a boy.
theDoctor
Sep 21, 2009 8:53 AM CDT
Sadly far too many men who molest girls never are punished at all because they are never caught. Most societies of the world still saddle women with fewer rights and with the belief that they are, in fact, chattels of men in male dominated and controlled societies where such abuses are to be expected and tolerated.
aces08
Sep 21, 2009 7:44 AM CDT
Everyone jumped on the band wagon of crying "men wouldn't get the same sentence". Lets just sit back and realize how epic this was...

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