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- Sunday World
Teacher had sex with Leaving Cert student in her mother's bed, tribunal told
She told a fitness-to-teach inquiry that at one point he said it would be 'hot' if she wore her school uniform during sex A schoolteacher had sex with a Leaving Cert student in her mother's bed and his car after sharing explicit photos with her on Snapchat, it is alleged. The then 18-year-old said she was 'naive and vulnerable' when her class head teacher started an inappropriate relationship with her in the months before she sat her exams. She told a fitness-to-teach inquiry that at one point he said it would be 'hot' if she wore her school uniform during sex. It is further alleged that on their sixth year graduation night, he kissed the complainant's best friend, who described the teacher's behaviour as 'predatory.' The man is accused of professional misconduct and breaching the Code of Professional Conduct for Teachers, which he denies. The inquiry is being held by the Teaching Council following a complaint by a student known as Ms A, now in her 20s. It is alleged the teacher inappropriately communicated with her on Snapchat between October 2017 and June 2018, and sent her messages, photos, pictures and memes of an inappropriate and sexual nature between January and June, 2018. He is alleged to have provided her with alcohol and had an inappropriate sexual relationship with her between March and June that year. Further allegations relate to her friend, Ms B, who he allegedly touched and kissed in a pub in May 2018. Stock image: Getty News in 90 Seconds - July 10th Ms A said the teacher had given her maths grinds in 2017 but 'nothing untoward' happened. He added her on Snapchat late that year and as they exchanged messages, it was not her intention for anything romantic to happen, but she continued out of curiosity. The teacher was aged 28 at the time and had two children. 'I knew it was weird to speak to a teacher over Snapchat and I shouldn't be doing it,' Ms A said. He complimented her and joked about 'going off with a student.' The frequency and intimacy of the messages slowly increased and he started making sexual advances towards her, the inquiry heard. He 'tested the waters of what he could say to me' and as she became more responsive, it 'escalated' and they exchanged explicit photos. 'He would send me d**k pics of his genitals and I would send him nude pictures in return,' she said. He would 'encourage my alcohol use, knowing it would lower my inhibitions', saying 'you will be horny', she alleged. She said he told her she was better looking than her friends and asked about her boyfriend, saying to her: 'What are you doing with him?' She 'knew it was wrong' and felt that she cared more about the repercussions than she did, she said. She had mental health issues and was coping in ways that were 'wrong and unhealthy.' They first met after school in March 2018 when he dropped her home in his car, she continued. The next day, she alleged they went to her house while she was drunk and her mother was out. 'I kind of knew this was where it was going, it felt inevitable,' she said. 'I still had a bunk bed so we went into my mother's bed and had sex.' She alleged he later said of her boyfriend: 'Just tell him that you f**ked a teacher in your mam's bed.' When they allegedly had sex in his car, she 'felt reluctant and awkward' and she did not like 'the clunkiness of it.' She said it was 'too real' for her and she recalled being able to see his child's car seat, where he left a bottle of vodka he bought her. She said he told her they had not had sex while she was in her school uniform, saying 'that would be hot'. They also had sex in his apartment, she said. Some of the messages alleged to have been between the teacher and Ms A were retrieved, barrister Neasa Bird, for the director of the Teaching Council, said. In one message the man allegedly told Ms A his mother was asking if he was seeing an 'old one' and he told her 'no, she's the complete opposite, ha ha, a young one'. According to the message, his mother replied: 'Please say she's f**king legal.' Ms A said she believed he thought this was 'hilarious.' 'To be fair, your mother's allowed to drink your wine since we rode in her bed and her couch hahahahaha,' he allegedly said in another message. Ms A told the inquiry he responded to a nude photo she sent: 'hahaha love it.' Other messages read 'Should f**k soon', 'car sex later'.' Ms B said on graduation night in May 2018, she was walking upstairs when the teacher 'slapped my bum two to three times.' As they sat talking alone, she said, he played with the bow on her dress, saying he would like to undo it. Later, they were alone again in a dark corner when he kissed her and she did not pull away. She left and was surprised he had done this on her graduation night, but 'he had always given off a creepy vibe.' She said he added her on Snapchat and sent her a message: 'you should have come back to mine.' He continued to contact her with a 'flirty undertone,' she said. He allegedly sent a screenshot of an Instagram follow request from another student with the comment 'she wants it.' He also sent her a 'd**k pic' of his genitals, she said. Ms B said she blocked him because he 'had given me the creeps' but when he asked why, added him again because she felt she had to. Ms A said when she realised he was sending them both the same messages, she sent Ms B a 'sugarcoated' letter telling her about the relationship without disclosing its sexual nature. Ms Bird, for the director of the council, said the teacher had made submissions maintaining the complaint against him 'lacks detail'. He was not required to be present at the inquiry, and Ms Bird read from the submissions. In them, he stated allegations from Ms A including that he kissed her best friend on graduation night were not corroborated. He noted that the letter Ms A sent to Ms B stated 'nothing sexual occurred'. He said there were 'significant doubts' as to the credibility of her account, her case was a 'weak one' and there was 'no public interest' in referring it to inquiry. There was 'nothing to suggest he had anything other than an exemplary record of teaching,' he submitted. The inquiry continues next week.
RNZ News
16-06-2025
- RNZ News
Disabililty support workers failed to follow policy in not physically checking on resident who went missing
Commissioner Rose Wall was critical of the fact that three support workers failed to follow policy. Photo: LANCE LAWSON / SUPPLIED A disability support service has installed alarms on all its doors after a resident who went missing on her birthday was found more than a day later, cold and naked, less than a kilometre away from the facility. The 32-year-old woman, who had an intellectual disability, was seen on CCTV footage wandering neighbouring properties in the early hours one night in 2020, however her disappearance didn't raise an alarm for another six hours. The support service was found to have failed in its care to the woman, after the woman's sister, known as Ms A, made a complaint to the Health and Disability Commission (HDC). In her decision - which was broadly accepted by the support service - Commissioner Rose Wall said the support service breached its own policies and she was also critical of the facility's communication with Ms A, during and after her sister, was in its care. The woman, known as Ms B, who had an intellectual disability and has since died, was known to exhibit challenging behaviours and had a complex medical history, Wall said. The facility where she lived was staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with two support workers rostered on during the day, and one for a "sleepover shift" at night from 10pm til 6am. Support workers were expected to keep Ms B in their "line of sight" while she was awake and de-escalate if she was displaying heightened behaviours. On the eve of her birthday, Ms B was excited and awake - she was expecting a letter and planned to go for a birthday lunch, Wall said. An incident report earlier that day noted she was "'shouting", "[raising] her voice", "using rude language", and "making loud noise". "Medication was administered and staff instructed Ms B to '[calm] down and rest in her room'." Later, shortly before midnight, the sleepover support worker found Ms B awake and distressed, gave her medication and told her to go to bed. The support service told police that a check at 2am, found Ms B asleep in her bed. However, Wall said this was contradicted by CCTV footage that showed Ms B on neighbouring properties 400m away from the facility between 1.30am and 2.20am. In its own investigation the support service found that Ms B left the facility to check the letterbox - part of her normal routine - but became disoriented. The precise time she left couldn't be determined. Wall said at 6am the sleepover support worker completed a handover, but didn't physically check on Ms B and neither did the two incoming day workers. "The support service stated that this lapse in process was because staff had noted Ms B's agitation over the night ... and they wanted to allow Ms B to sleep in without disturbance." Wall was critical of the fact that three support workers failed to follow the policy, which she said was clear and particularly important given Ms B's agitation the night before. She said the failure amounted to a breach of the Health and Disability Code's standard of care and meant the alarm that Ms B was missing wasn't raised until a visual check at 8.30am. Her disappearance was reported to police about 45 minutes later and to Ms B's family shortly before 10am. Six additional staff deployed to help find her, in an extensive search undertaken by police and Search and Rescue teams. Ms B was found the next day at 1.15pm about 800m (an 11-minute walk) from the residence, Wall said. "Without any clothes, and she had a low body temperature, 'but otherwise [she was] OK'. Ms B was taken to hospital for treatment and observation." In her decision, Wall noted that as soon as Ms B was reported missing, the incident was escalated and managed promptly, however she was critical of the quality of incident reporting. Wall was also critical of the information provided to Ms A about assault allegations against Ms B and the adequacy of the documentation provided to Ms A when Ms B went to live with her following the incident. She said the support service had since enforced handover expectations for staff, increased the number of staffing on each shift, including the night shift, and placed alarms on its facility doors which were activated if anyone leaves the house. Wall acknowledged the improvements and also recommended the support service provide a written apology to Ms A and further training to staff around incident reporting, their roles and responsibilities, and documentation standards. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Telegraph
18-02-2025
- Telegraph
Married detective slept with junior staff and bragged about being a ‘sugar daddy'
A married detective responsible for sex cases slept with junior police staff and bragged about being a 'sugar daddy', a tribunal has heard. Det Ch Insp Roger Wood is accused of exploiting two staff after he boasted to them about his 'rank, importance and power'. He faces two charges of gross misconduct for engaging in inappropriate emotional relationships with two women named as Ms A and Ms B. The officer, of Hampshire Police, also faces a charge of excessive communications with Ms B. Mr Wood had been a police officer for 16 years when he resigned in February 2024 and was nationally recognised for his work on sexual offences investigations and online predators. He met the trainee police staff investigator Ms A at a domestic abuse conference in March 2023 and they flirted with each other, the hearing in Eastleigh, Hampshire was told. They met again the next day at a police station in Basingstoke. Mr Wood joked he was 'stalking' Ms A and told her the case he was investigating was 'only a murder when I say it is'. 'Exchanged flirtatious messages' Afterwards Ms A messaged Mr Wood on LinkedIn and the pair exchanged a 'large number of flirtatious messages' including naked photos from Ms A, Jason Beer KC, counsel for Hampshire Police, told the hearing. The senior officer responded to one of the nude images by offering to be Ms A's 'sugar daddy' and suggesting they make their own naked pictures when they met up. Mr Wood had been warned by three other colleagues that Ms A was vulnerable and struggling at work. But a few days later he drove to her home in Oxfordshire and the pair had sex. The hearing was told Ms A was at her lowest when she met Mr Wood and on medication for anxiety and depression following a relationship breakdown. Mr Wood denies any breach of conduct and says he went to Ms A's house to tell her he did not want to have a relationship with her. Between May 2022 and April 2023 he was a senior adviser to the Police and Crime Commissioner and he met a young staff member, referred to only as Ms B, in August 2022. Their relationship developed through Microsoft Teams with 9,965 messages exchanged between the pair over eight months. Ms B told him she had ADHD, 'crippling anxiety and had been bullied in her previous job'. Mr Wood asked Ms B to knit him socks with 'world's best detective' on them, said 'I am the SIO [Senior Investigating Officer] everyone wants' and told her he was 'too important' to attend a violence against women and girls meeting, Mr Beer KC said.
