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Teacher jailed for sexual assault

Jul 04, 2012 News

Rishi Persaud, the male Maths school teacher, who was previously suspended after a sexual assault charge was leveled against him by a World Teacher participant in January 2011,has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, by Magistrate Leron Daly.
Persaud’s case concluded yesterday at the Anna Regina Multilateral School.
The charge was instituted against Persaud under the Sexual Offences Act. He was charged indictably with sexual assault.
According to a police report, on January 27, last, Persaud and the female teacher who was also attached to the Anna Regina Multilateral School were at the Anna Regina seawall in the wee hours in the morning. The meeting led to the foreign teacher later reporting to the police that she was sexually assaulted by Persaud.
The male teacher, in an initial statement to the police, said that the female touched his genitals. But other reports that surfaced indicated that the female teacher invited Persaud to the seawall after she had a quarrel with her boyfriend.
In court yesterday morning, Persaud, who was represented by Peter Hugh, wept bitterly.  He taught Mathematics at the Anna Regina Secondary School.
The female teacher, who also taught Mathematics, subsequently re- migrated to the United States, where she is a citizen.

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