A FEMALE teacher repeatedly had sex with a “vulnerable” 14-year-old pupil in her car while in an “unhealthy” relationship with her, a court heard.
Ellie Pattison, 29, allegedly became friends with the schoolgirl while teaching in a secondary school.
The teacher made her believe she had fallen “in love”, it was said.
Hove Crown Court heard Pattison twice had sex with the pupil in her car and in two of her friend’s homes.
She also allegedly repeatedly touched the teen and kissed her after they began meeting outside her school.
Sarah Lindop, prosecuting, said: "She abused her position of trust but also made the complainant, who was a vulnerable child, believe it was a real relationship and that she loved her.”
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Get with the fuckin times then, UK. Your legal definition of rape sucks shit.
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👆 Imagine being this uneducated 😭
There’s a moral and common meaning, in addition to the legal one. Rape has existed longer than those laws.
and there’s a legal definition of libel. i guarantee the publisher cares a lot more about that definition.
Goddamn that was a hell of a retort. Well played
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It’s curious though how it’s only the cases of rape that the media collectively forgets their favourite word “allegedly”
Someone can always allegedly kill, allegedly assault, allegedly steal, but never allegedly rape. Even in the US or other cases where it meets the uk definition.
They used the word in the second paragraph.
It should be in the headline though.
I understand this, but can’t they say she “abused”, “committed a crime against”, “manipulated”, etc.? Those seem factual enough for journalism.
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All that aside for a second… arguing about the technical definition of “rape” and how it applies in different contexts and jurisdictions is like explaining the difference between a pedophile, hebophile and ephebophile.
Outside of academic settings, it’s near impossible to have this argument without sounding like an apologist.
It’s applicable here because people are upset with the wording in the article. The article is written to reflect the facts of what the teacher is accused of Based on where they are, the teacher isn’t accused of rape, but something else. Journalists are required to use the proper terms for things like criminal charges
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