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Telegraph
09-07-2025
- Telegraph
Female PE teacher sexually abused schoolgirls, court told
A former PE teacher has appeared in court charged with committing sex offences against two girls under 16. Bronwen James, 29, of Chippenham, Wiltshire, appeared at Salisbury magistrates' court on Wednesday, charged with 13 sexual offences against two girls and a boy over a three-year period. She is charged with six offences of sexual activity with a child, relating to girls under the age of 16, contrary to the Sexual Offences Act. Ms James is also accused of two counts of sexual communication with a child and one count of making an indecent photograph of a child, namely a category C – the least serious category. The former teacher is also charged with four counts of sexual activity with a boy. Granted bail with conditions Stephen Harrison, the chairman of the bench, told Ms James that her case would be heard next at Salisbury Crown Court on Aug 7. He said: 'By virtue of three of these offences being indictable only, which means they can only be heard in the crown court, we will be sending them to the crown court. 'The other 10 offences are associated offences and therefore will be included in the hearing to be heard in front of the crown court. 'The next phase is to attend for a plea and trial preparation hearing, which is going to take place at Salisbury Crown Court on August 7. 'In between now and Aug 7, you are granted bail with conditions. 'If you don't turn up to court at that appointed date and time, you may be committing an offence. 'You are not to have direct or indirect contact with the three complainants in this matter. 'You are not to have any unsupervised contact with any child or young person under the age of 16.' No plea entered Mr Harrison asked Ms James to confirm that she understood what he had said and to repeat the bail conditions to the court, which she did. Mr Harrison also stressed: 'The identities of all complainants for these matters is protected under law. Failure to comply is a criminal offence.' During the short hearing, Ms James, wearing a cream two-piece outfit, spoke to confirm her name, date of birth, and address. She was not asked to enter any pleas to the charges against her.
BBC News
09-07-2025
- BBC News
Former PE teacher accused of child sex offences granted bail
A former PE teacher has appeared in court charged with 13 counts of sexual offences against three James, 29, of Chippenham, Wiltshire, appeared at Salisbury Magistrates' Court accused of sexual activity with two girls and a boy over a three-year is charged with six counts of sexual activity with girls under the age of 16 and four counts of sexual activity with a boy. She is also charged with two counts of sexual communication with a child and one count of making an indecent photograph of a James was granted conditional bail and her case is set to be heard next before Salisbury Crown Court on 7 August. Stephen Harrison, chair of the bench, granted bail on two are that Ms James must not contact the complainants in the case nor have unsupervised contact with children under the age of the hearing, Ms James spoke only to confirm her name, date of birth, address, and that she understood proceedings.
