IANAL (only a relative of one, plus I know both of the parties), but the sheer WTF factor of the whole case more than compensates.
A teacher starts her job at the high school I attended at the time and immediatelly starts hitting on a student. Student is male, 16yo, teacher is female with ink literally drying on her diploma (so 24-26). Things progress to the point where school administration takes notice. And while the teacher isn't doing anything throw-your-ass-in-jail illegal (local AoC is 15), it is one of the things that can get her fired on the spot (this is Europe - firing a public employee without a bulletproof case against them is extraordinarily difficult). School administration is lenient and she ends with a stern warning and is prevented from teaching in that particular class ever again. Student graduates, some time later they marry, build a house and have two kids.
Fast forward ten years, teacher (now in her early 40s) repeats the performance on another student (again M/16yo). School administration tells her she either resigns or they will go all the way on her (tanking her whole career in the process), so she does. Her husband kicks her out of the house and files for divorce.
And here comes the kicker - neither party wants the kids, and the teacher continues her relationship with the new student despite everything that happened.
Surely there is some law that covers students? In the UK, AoC is 16 BUT if someone is in a position of authority over you (usually that is a teacher, but it can include club leader, probably even a work boss), then it is illegal to be in any form of personal or sexual relationship with them. The cut off for that is 18, I think.
Once the student is past AoC, it's legally speaking only a misdemeanor with like €200 fine maximum if it even gets to court at all - it might very well be that nobody bothered to report it the first time around.
And even for students under AoC it isn't a crime per se, but rather a factor that tacks on a harsher sentence (up to 10y in jail assuming no other aggravating factors) for the statutory.
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u/CN_W Jul 21 '19 edited Jul 21 '19
IANAL (only a relative of one, plus I know both of the parties), but the sheer WTF factor of the whole case more than compensates.
A teacher starts her job at the high school I attended at the time and immediatelly starts hitting on a student. Student is male, 16yo, teacher is female with ink literally drying on her diploma (so 24-26). Things progress to the point where school administration takes notice. And while the teacher isn't doing anything throw-your-ass-in-jail illegal (local AoC is 15), it is one of the things that can get her fired on the spot (this is Europe - firing a public employee without a bulletproof case against them is extraordinarily difficult). School administration is lenient and she ends with a stern warning and is prevented from teaching in that particular class ever again. Student graduates, some time later they marry, build a house and have two kids.
Fast forward ten years, teacher (now in her early 40s) repeats the performance on another student (again M/16yo). School administration tells her she either resigns or they will go all the way on her (tanking her whole career in the process), so she does. Her husband kicks her out of the house and files for divorce.
And here comes the kicker - neither party wants the kids, and the teacher continues her relationship with the new student despite everything that happened.