'Sex pest teacher' sentenced after guilty plea
A former Grade R teacher has been sentenced after pleading guilty to sexually grooming a minor by sending explicit videos, resulting in a five-year suspended sentence and correctional supervision.
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The 'sex pest' teacher, who is accused of sending sexed-up texts and videos to a minor, will not face any time behind bars.
The former Harvester Primary School teacher was sentenced after pleading guilty to sexually grooming a minor after she sent a former student an explicit video of herself.
The accused, who was a former Grade R teacher at the school, was sentenced on March 27 after she entered a plea agreement with the State at the Mitchells Plain Regional Court.
This follows after she sent a video to the then Grade 7 learner, which was later leaked and sent tongues wagging.
Court documents read: “On or about May 25, 2025 at or near Cedar Close Westridge, Mitchells Plain, the said accused did unlawfully and intentionally commit an act with [the 13-year-old] by exposing him to pornography by sending a nude, explicit video of a sexual nature of herself, in which the said accused is stimulating her breasts with the intention to stimulate erotic feelings on the part of child with the intention to encourage or persuade the child complainant, or to diminish or reduce any resistance or unwillingness on the part of the child complainant to the said child’s phone.”
The accused was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, wholly suspended for five years, meaning she will not serve jail time unless she commits a similar offence during that period.
She was also placed under three years of correctional supervision, a strict community-based sentence that includes monitoring, restrictions, and rehabilitation programmes instead of direct imprisonment.
The court further ordered that her name be entered into the National Register for Sex Offenders.
A concerned parent, who asked not to be named and previously attended the court appearances, said that they are glad the case is finalised.
The parent said: “I'm glad as a mother that this case is concluded and that the ex-teacher of Harvester Primary School will receive rehabilitation so that this will not happen again in the future with her.
“I do hope that the learner will receive counselling and that whatever he experienced, he should not be judged or victimised by others.”