Married mother-of-two teacher, 42, had 'sexual encounters' with student after 'letting him cheat on school French tests' when he was 14
PUBLISHED: 14:16 GMT, 12 September 2012 | UPDATED: 15:25 GMT, 12 September 2012
'Sexual encounters': Teacher Mary Gowans, 42, is said to have shared intimate moments with the teenage schoolboy
A French teacher had a series of 'sexual encounters' with a teenage student after starting a 'romantic relationship' with him when he was 14, a court heard yesterday.
Mother-of-two Mary Gowans, 42, allegedly had intimate encounters with the boy - including exposing her breasts to him - after favouring him as one of her students at Joseph Howe Sr. Public School in Toronto, Canada.
The boy, who is now an 18-year-old university student, is said to have kissed and groped the married teacher during the pair's brief relationship.
On one occasion the teacher and student even had a passionate clinch as she was babysitting her two young children.
The boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is said to have been favoured over other students by the teacher in Grade 8, and was even allowed to cheat on tests.
After graduating from the school, the boy is said to have maintained a close relationship with Gowans, seeing her several times a week and babysitting her children.
As a high school student he is said to have made a bet with Gowans, whereby if he beat her in a 10km running race, she would show him her breasts, and if he lost he would kiss her.
The boy won, and Gowans is said to have exposed herself to the boy at her home while wearing a wet T-shirt, telling him: 'Here's your breasts'.
When he was in Grade 10 the teenager claimed Gowans 'got on top of me and started kissing me and making out with me'.
The boy said the pair had four brief sexual encounters while he played hide and seek with her two young children in her home.
The teenager admitted having a crush on Gowans ever since she taught him French at school.
The court heard that during one encounter the boy put his hands on Gowans' private parts, but that she stopped anything else happening.
The teacher is said to have started a relationship with the schoolboy after teaching him French at Joseph Howe Sr. Public School in Toronto, Canada
The teen told Justice John McMahon: 'She often told me never to tell anyone [because of] how much trouble she’d be in.'
A jury was told that Gowans tearfully complained about the boy flirting with a girl his own age, and tried to set up a sexual encounter with him.
But the teen said he became 'overwhelmed' by the situation, and told his sister and parents about the relationship.
Defence lawyer Peter Brauti, questioning the boy at Ontario Superior Court, suggested he had a crush on his teacher and became 'obsessed' with her, to the point he would often talk to his friends about wanting to sleep with her.
He told the boy: 'It was your dream for that to happen, wasn’t it? In fact, it was your every thought.'
The boy responded that could not recall commenting on her, but admitted it was possible he'd had 'guy talk' with his friends.
Gowans has denied sexual assault, sexual interference and sexual exploitation of the boy between June 1, 2009, and January 10, 2010.
The court heard she was a popular teacher at the school until she was charged and subsequently resigned.
Mr Brauti said no sexual activity occurred between the two, except on one occasion where the boy made a sexual advance towards her.
She rebuffed his advances and cut off any contact with the teen in January 2010, it was claimed.
The trial continues.
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- Teenage boy 'kissed and groped' married teacher while she was babysitting her own children
- Pair had 'four brief sexual encounters' after she favoured him over other Grade 8 students
PUBLISHED: 14:16 GMT, 12 September 2012 | UPDATED: 15:25 GMT, 12 September 2012
A French teacher had a series of 'sexual encounters' with a teenage student after starting a 'romantic relationship' with him when he was 14, a court heard yesterday.
Mother-of-two Mary Gowans, 42, allegedly had intimate encounters with the boy - including exposing her breasts to him - after favouring him as one of her students at Joseph Howe Sr. Public School in Toronto, Canada.
The boy, who is now an 18-year-old university student, is said to have kissed and groped the married teacher during the pair's brief relationship.
On one occasion the teacher and student even had a passionate clinch as she was babysitting her two young children.
The boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is said to have been favoured over other students by the teacher in Grade 8, and was even allowed to cheat on tests.
After graduating from the school, the boy is said to have maintained a close relationship with Gowans, seeing her several times a week and babysitting her children.
As a high school student he is said to have made a bet with Gowans, whereby if he beat her in a 10km running race, she would show him her breasts, and if he lost he would kiss her.
The boy won, and Gowans is said to have exposed herself to the boy at her home while wearing a wet T-shirt, telling him: 'Here's your breasts'.
When he was in Grade 10 the teenager claimed Gowans 'got on top of me and started kissing me and making out with me'.
The boy said the pair had four brief sexual encounters while he played hide and seek with her two young children in her home.
The teenager admitted having a crush on Gowans ever since she taught him French at school.
The court heard that during one encounter the boy put his hands on Gowans' private parts, but that she stopped anything else happening.
The teen told Justice John McMahon: 'She often told me never to tell anyone [because of] how much trouble she’d be in.'
A jury was told that Gowans tearfully complained about the boy flirting with a girl his own age, and tried to set up a sexual encounter with him.
But the teen said he became 'overwhelmed' by the situation, and told his sister and parents about the relationship.
Defence lawyer Peter Brauti, questioning the boy at Ontario Superior Court, suggested he had a crush on his teacher and became 'obsessed' with her, to the point he would often talk to his friends about wanting to sleep with her.
He told the boy: 'It was your dream for that to happen, wasn’t it? In fact, it was your every thought.'
The boy responded that could not recall commenting on her, but admitted it was possible he'd had 'guy talk' with his friends.
Gowans has denied sexual assault, sexual interference and sexual exploitation of the boy between June 1, 2009, and January 10, 2010.
The court heard she was a popular teacher at the school until she was charged and subsequently resigned.
Mr Brauti said no sexual activity occurred between the two, except on one occasion where the boy made a sexual advance towards her.
She rebuffed his advances and cut off any contact with the teen in January 2010, it was claimed.
The trial continues.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ary-school-French-tests-14.html#ixzz26HpPcY83
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