Teacher Had Sex With Student In Classroom, Toilets, 'Behaved In Predatory Fashion' With 4 Others

A teacher from Queensland, Australia, was handed over a ten-year suspension for having sex with a student several times in classroom and her bedroom.

The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard that the unnamed teacher “behaved in a predatory fashion” with five students when he was aged between 32 and 36. The first incident took place in 2013 when the teacher touched a student’s thigh and bottom during a school camp before kissing her on the hand. The following day during trekking, he touched her inappropriately.

The following year, he lamented that a former student who was working as a teacher’s aide had a boyfriend because he was “waiting out for her.” The same year, he referred to a student and her friends as “chick” and made jokes about boys and girls having sex.

During a school camp the following year, he "approached student D during a group activity in a lake and brushed his hands against her bottom area, causing her to move away. On the final night of the camp, he told a group of students, including student D, that he wanted to attend a party with them and get high.”

In December 2015, he asked the fifth victim if they could catch up during holidays. The two then exchanged numbers. Once the school reopened after holidays, he started texting her at night.

One day, "They went to a toilet block where they kissed, touched, and had sexual intercourse. On a later occasion in December 2015, [the teacher] went by arrangement to student E’s home while the rest of her family was out. They kissed, touched, and had sexual intercourse in her bedroom.”

"Early in the 2016 school year, the teacher and the student arranged to meet after school in a classroom. They had sexual intercourse there. Before the meeting, he had suggested that student E not wear underwear to the meeting. He noted that the senior girls’ skirts were long, and mentioned that he preferred short skirts,” the tribunal heard.

On Thursday, the tribunal banned him from teaching for a decade. The teacher, however, did not face his hearing “because of anxiety, and also because he was working very hard to re-establish himself for the benefit of his young family.”