Teacher facing jail for having sex with boy, 15
Updated: January 28, 2021, 4:36 pm
Teacher Kandice Barber is facing jail after being found guilty of having sex with a 15-year-old boy (Steve Parsons/PA)
A married teacher has been warned she faces a prison sentence after being convicted of having sex with a 15-year-old boy.
Kandice Barber, of Wendover, Buckinghamshire, was found guilty after a retrial of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and told she could be jailed for five years.
Amersham Law Courts heard that the 35-year-old had told the boy she would “bring him down with her” if the relationship was discovered, and that she was pregnant with his child.
11:36 EDT, 26 January 2021
A married teacher accused of having sex in a field with a 15-year-old schoolboy asked whether he preferred boobs or bum, a court heard today.
Kandice Barber, 35, is standing trial for a second time over the allegations from 2018 when she was doing supply work at Princes Risborough school in Buckinghamshire.
Before retiring to consider their verdict, jurors at Amersham Law Courts were told how the mother-of-three kissed him on the neck before whispering: What do you want to do now?
Miss Recorder Bal Dhaliwal, summarising the complainant s evidence, said: He had just finished school. She kissed him on the neck, he kissed her back, she then whispered, what do you want to do now? She touched him along his clothing and on his abs area.
Kandice Barber pictured heading to court during her first trial - PA photo Jurors hearing the case of a married teacher who allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old schoolboy, have retired at Amersham Law Courts to consider their verdict. Kandice Barber, 35, of Wendover, is being tried for a second time over allegations that she had sex with the pupil in a field while she was working as a school cover supervisor. A court heard that Barber had told the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, she would “bring him down with her” if the relationship was discovered. She was convicted in September of sending the boy topless pictures of herself on Snapchat between September and October 2018, but she was acquitted of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activities while in a position of trust.
08:39 EDT, 25 January 2021
The husband of a teacher accused of having sex with one of her 15-year-old pupils insists their four-year marriage is as strong as ever, despite her sending the boy graphic videos of herself with sex toys.
Daniel Barber quashed suspicions that his relationship with Kandice Barber had come to an end as he robustly defended her in court today.
Mr Barber suggested he disagreed with the verdicts of a jury which convicted his 35-year-old wife in September, stating he had seen no evidence that she had sent naked pictures or a video of herself performing a sex act to the young boy.