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BBC News
30-07-2025
- BBC News
Jailed Didcot teacher who groomed girl wins partial appeal
A former senior teacher jailed after she groomed a pupil has successfully appealed part of her Pearl, from Abingdon, worked as Didcot Girls' School's deputy head teacher and abused her victim over a period of admitted two counts of abuse of trust by sexual activity and was jailed for two years and four months at Oxford Crown Court in Court of Appeal judges quashed and replaced a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) after they found parts of one given to Pearl when she was sentenced were "unnecessary and disproportionate". Judge Emma Nott had imposed the 10-year SHPO, under which Pearl would have had to tell police if she had any device capable of accessing the mother-of-two would also have had to tell authorities if she lived in a household with children. And she was forbidden from having contact with other children "unless [it was] inadvertent and unavoidable" and they were supervised by a parent or guardian who knew about her appeal judges said they were "very onerous" said though Pearl abused her victim, she remains banned from contacting her by an indefinite restraining order and that there was "no evidence" she is a risk to other replaced the previous SHPO with a new one which bans her from seeking or holding any position of authority or care of children. That will last until January 2035, 10 years after she was sentenced. Despite the changes, they said Pearl's offending was very serious and "had a terrible impact" on the victim."The sentencing judge was plainly right in our opinion to take a very serious view of it," Lord Justice Dingemans, Mr Justice Cavanagh and Judge Michael Chambers KC added. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Yahoo
New crime podcast episode: Details of two harrowing sexual assault cases
A brand new episode of the Oxford Mail's newest crime podcast is out now. The Oxfordshire Court and Crime Podcast takes listeners behind the scenes of all the latest trials, sentences, and more taking place across Oxfordshire's courts. Season two launched on Friday, February 7 with episode one focusing on the sentencing of Catherine Pearl. READ MORE: Man JAILED for threatening his mum with eight-inch knife Now, episode two has been released, focusing on the sentencing of Phillip Seeney, a Witney man jailed for filming himself sexually abusing two young children. The abuse was uncovered when one of the children confided in their mother. Seeney's laptop was then checked where the abuse of the second child emerged. Judge Hassan Khan jailed Seeney for 12 years with a six year extension after he was deemed a dangerous offender with a 'high risk of causing serious harm to prepubescent children'. The episode also goes into detail about an Oxford man sentenced for sexually abusing three woman in the city centre. Rio Bunce was described as going on a 'sexual rampage' after abusing the three strangers late at night. READ MORE: Jury clears man accused of filming underage girl on webcam To listen to the newest episode of the podcast, head to Apple, Spotify, and more. Listeners only need to search for 'The Oxfordshire Court and Crime Podcast'. Have questions for the podcast? Email with the subject heading 'Crime Podcast Question'.
