Guest, I'd certainly worry about a teacher with a jail term for deception, forgery and theft! Thanks for the link - I didn't know that.

As far as "indecent assault", well it's due to statutory law and not the girl's opinion. The girl apparently said in court that nothing happened that she didn't want to happen. As a teacher, he's right to say that he shouldn't have done it, and I agree in principle - teachers are supposed to be able to stay detached from their students. In practise though, as a person in that situation, I have a lot of sympathy for him. It's also worth noting that he *did* have a fair amount of self-control in stopping their physical relationship going any further, since they apparently didn't have sex until she reached 16.

And if I had a penny for every father who didn't approve of his daughter's relationships, I'd be a rich man...

Graham.