Teacher accused of having sex with student under intense police investigation

AN intense investigation has been launched into an allegation made by a 17-year-old female student of a private school against a male teacher, whom she accuses of having had sexual intercourse with her.The Guyana Chronicle has been reliably informed that the teacher is the son of a very popular pastor who resides on the East Coast of Demerara.

Information reaching this newspaper is that the teacher was caught engaging in sexual intercourse with the student on the premises, but teachers at the school and the teacher at the centre of the allegation have refuted this claim.

This newspaper was told that after the female student’s allegations had been brought to the attention of the institution’s head, the school’s director of studies accompanied the student to the police station to report the matter.

The police have, however, remained tight-lipped about knowing of any such incident, and yesterday they directed all questions in this regard to the police public relations office.

Contacted at his home yesterday, the teacher said he had been legally counselled not to speak with anyone in relation to the matter. Nevertheless, he denied the student’s allegations and told this newspaper that he fully understands why the lass had been making baseless allegations against him.
He also said that family members and other persons had been calling to ask him about the incident, but because of his lawyers’ advice, he has been unable to speak to them, since, according to him, he was also advised by the police that utterances in regard to this matter may interfere with the investigations once it goes public.

The man told this reporter that he was not detained for 72 hours, as is being peddled by some persons. Rather, because he had been cooperating with the police and also because he had turned himself in for questioning, he was not placed in a cell, but was forced to spend the night at the police station under supervision.

A source close to the school yesterday indicated that after the allegations had been made against the teacher, all procedures had been followed, including reporting the allegations to the necessary agencies. The allegations, the source said, had been made against the teacher on Tuesday, and police investigations are continuing.
(By Leroy Smith)

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