Lauren Cox
A female teacher has admitted having s*x with a 16-year-old schoolboy. She was warned today that she faces jail after a court heard she had been in a six-month relationship with the teenager.
The teacher identified as Lauren Cox, 27, was teaching at a school in south London, when she embarked on the relationship with the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
She appeared at Croydon Crown Court today, where she admitted five charges of sexual activity with a boy aged between 13 and 17 while in a position of trust.
These included sexual touching on March 9th and March 16th last year as well as sexual intercourse between April and September 2015 when she was 26 and the boy was just 16.
Cox was arrested on September 16, 2015 after the pupil told his parents about what had been going on between the pair. They then contacted the head teacher of the school, who in turn alerted social services.
Cox had first met the child when he was 13, and the victim said they formed a close relationship.
According to police, she begin a sexual relationship with the boy in January 2015.
Cox, from Oxted in Surrey, was bailed to return to Croydon Crown Court next month to be sentenced.
The officer investigating the case, PC Laura Davies of the Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command (SOECA), said: 'Cox abused her position of trust as a teacher and groomed the boy which went on to sexual abuse. The abuse has had an extremely adverse effect on the boy with his studies suffering as a result.
'Cox never once admitted the offences during police interview. She has now admitted the offences today but only because of the wealth of evidence against her.
'Cox displayed dismissive arrogance to the seriousness of the allegations against her. It's most concerning that she showed no remorse - as professionals, teachers have a specific duty of care to young people and this was abused.'
Cox was granted bail on condition she does not contact the victim or go to the school.
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