SYDNEY - A female teacher has been jailed for five years in Australia for having sex with a 15-year-old student who had begun dating her daughter.
The 36-year-old mother of four, Cindy Howell, sobbed in court as she was sentenced in the city of Melbourne, Australia`s AAP news agency reported.
She had pleaded guilty to the charge of having a sexual relationship with the under-age boy over eight months last year.
Howell was employed at a high school as a teacher and was assisting the boy with a reading difficulty.
Their sexual relationship began after he started dating her daughter, the court heard, and in the following months they had sex at her home, his home and at a nearby beach.
Judge Jan Pannam said the case was "particularly disturbing" as Howell was in a position of trust when she engaged in the relationship.
However, she said she took into consideration the fact that Howell`s plea of guilty saved her victim from having to give evidence in court and demonstrated remorse.
In September, a female teacher in Hobart on the Australian island of Tasmania was jailed for four years for having sex with five of her teenaged male students.
That sentence followed the jailing in May of former Melbourne teacher Karen Louise Ellis for six months on six counts of sex with a 15-year-old student.
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