Teacher who sexually abused grieving girl is locked up
A teacher sexually abused a teenage girl while supposedly comforting her after she became upset about a funeral, a court heard.
Jeremy Day later went on to carry out two more serious sex assaults on the girl after offering her a lift.
Now retired, Day had denied three charges of indecently assaulting her – but was found guilty following a trial.
At Warwick Crown Court this week Day, aged 72, of Nursery Avenue, Walsall, was jailed for four-and-a-half years and ordered to register as a sex offender for life.
Prosecutor Miss Lynette McClement said the offences took place in the 1990s.
The first incident happened when the girl became upset about the funeral.
Day put his arms round her shoulder to comfort her – then put his other hand under her skirt, Miss McClement said.
