A shamed teacher who was caught in a
car with a 17-year-old pupil yesterday admitted that she had sex with the
youth.
A court heard how Eppie Sprung
Dawson, 26, had agreed to give the dyslexic teenager extra help with his
lessons at the Catholic secondary where she worked.
But the married English teacher, who
was only four years into her career, drove him to the countryside, stopped in a
lay-by and had sex with him.
They were spotted together by police
officers on a routine patrol.
At Dumfries Sheriff Court yesterday,
Dawson admitted that on December 21, while she was in a position of trust, she
engaged in sexual activities with, or directed towards, a person under the age
of 18, and that she had sexual intercourse with him.
Procurator fiscal depute Lyndsay
Hunter said that Dawson had met the youth in Dumfries and then drove him to a
lay-by on the Cummertrees to Hoddam Road.
She said that at around 5.20pm,
police noticed the car, which had condensation on its windows.
The fiscal added: ‘The officers
remained in their vehicle and spotted the couple in the passenger seat of the
car.
‘They left their vehicle and
approached the parked car where they saw the couple having sexual intercourse.
'The police officers knocked on the
car door and then saw the accused and a male, both naked from the waist
down.’
Mrs Hunter said that Dawson was
spoken to and it became clear that she was a teacher.
The fiscal added that she made no
reply when cautioned and charged.
Sheriff George Jamieson deferred
sentence until May 1 and called for reports, including a psychiatric
assessment.
Dawson, of Dumfries, who taught at
the town’s St Joseph’s College, was placed on the sex offenders’
register.
Sheriff Jamieson said the length of
time she would remain on the register would be decided when she was sentenced.
Bail was continued.
Solicitor David Finnie, defending,
told the court that he would reserve his plea in mitigation until reports were
prepared.
When Dawson was originally charged
in January, one former pupil said that she often sent text messages signed off
with kisses and claimed that she was known for being ‘touchy-feely’.
Yesterday, a spokesman for
Dumfries and Galloway Council said Dawson was no longer employed by the
authority and it would therefore not be appropriate to comment on the case.
Last night, there was no answer at
the house that Dawson had shared with her husband Ranald, 32 – the son of the
former Solicitor General for Scotland, Lord Dawson.
The teenager’s family could not be
contacted for comment last night but when details of the case originally
emerged, a woman at the family home said: ‘He is the victim in this but I don’t
want to talk about it.’
A spokesman for the General Teaching
Council for Scotland said: ‘We are aware of this case and conducting our
own investigations into this matter.’
Source: Dailymail
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