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| Teacher Alice McBrearty jailed for sex with pupil | Teacher Alice McBrearty jailed for sex with pupil |
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| A teacher who had a "full-blown sexual relationship" with a 15-year-old boy has been jailed for 16 months. | A teacher who had a "full-blown sexual relationship" with a 15-year-old boy has been jailed for 16 months. |
| Alice McBrearty, 23, admitted the four-month relationship with a pupil she taught at an east London school. | |
| Snaresbrook Crown Court heard McBrearty kissed the youngster in a classroom, and had sex with him at her parents' home in Wanstead Park, east London. | Snaresbrook Crown Court heard McBrearty kissed the youngster in a classroom, and had sex with him at her parents' home in Wanstead Park, east London. |
| She pleaded guilty to seven counts of sexual activity with a child while in a position of trust. | She pleaded guilty to seven counts of sexual activity with a child while in a position of trust. |
| 'Besotted' | 'Besotted' |
| Prosecutors said the relationship began when the teacher sent the boy a friend request on Facebook. | Prosecutors said the relationship began when the teacher sent the boy a friend request on Facebook. |
| Barrister Lisa Matthews said the teenager, who cannot be named, "felt special" and "appeared to be besotted" with McBrearty. | Barrister Lisa Matthews said the teenager, who cannot be named, "felt special" and "appeared to be besotted" with McBrearty. |
| The court heard the pair met in several locations, including a hotel room McBrearty had booked, and had sexual contact. | The court heard the pair met in several locations, including a hotel room McBrearty had booked, and had sexual contact. |
| Their relationship ended when the boy's father contacted police. | Their relationship ended when the boy's father contacted police. |
| McBrearty put her head in her hands and sobbed when she was sentenced by Judge Sheelagh Canavan. | McBrearty put her head in her hands and sobbed when she was sentenced by Judge Sheelagh Canavan. |
| The judge described her as a "bright, intelligent and gifted young woman, who knew right from wrong," but who had committed the "grossest breach of trust". | The judge described her as a "bright, intelligent and gifted young woman, who knew right from wrong," but who had committed the "grossest breach of trust". |
| 'Fall from grace' | 'Fall from grace' |
| "You engaged in a full-blown sexual relationship with a 15-year-old child," she said. | "You engaged in a full-blown sexual relationship with a 15-year-old child," she said. |
| "I accept he was consenting - what 15-year-old schoolboy would turn down such an attractive offer? | "I accept he was consenting - what 15-year-old schoolboy would turn down such an attractive offer? |
| "I accept you truly believed this was a great romance, you were in love with him and vice versa, and that age didn't matter. But it did. | "I accept you truly believed this was a great romance, you were in love with him and vice versa, and that age didn't matter. But it did. |
| "You were supposed to keep him safe, to help him make the right decisions. Instead, you helped him make all the wrong ones." | "You were supposed to keep him safe, to help him make the right decisions. Instead, you helped him make all the wrong ones." |
| Emma Shafton, defending, said her client, who is no longer a teacher, has had "a spectacular fall from grace". | Emma Shafton, defending, said her client, who is no longer a teacher, has had "a spectacular fall from grace". |
| "She has been utterly disgraced by this," she added. | "She has been utterly disgraced by this," she added. |