A female teacher has again denied allegations she had long-term lesbian relationships with two teenage students.Caroline French, 38, is accused of having sexual relationships with two girls from two separate Blackpool schools in which she taught. One of the allegations relates to French allegedly grooming a 13-year-old with alcohol and cigarettes, with whom she then embarked on a two-year relationship.
French, of Ashtree Close in Darlington, claimed the former pupil was making up the allegations after she had rejected the girl’s advances.
The other student lived with French when she turned 16, and embarked on what is alleged to have been a three-year affair. But French insists the lodging arrangement was with the consent of the girl’s mother, and she denies any sexual element to their relationship.
As reported by the BBC, the drama teacher said: “There was no sexual relationship but I did care about her and she became part of my family.
“I really did care about her, like a mother or an aunt.”
French added: “My heart went out to her. Her mum did not want her, she had nowhere else to go and the idea was to get her back on to some solid footing.”
The trial continues at Preston Crown Court.
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