{"id":141829,"date":"2018-06-15T22:44:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T22:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/christs-hospital-school-rape-accused-tells-of-affair-with-17-year-old\/"},"modified":"2018-06-15T22:44:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T22:44:07","slug":"christs-hospital-school-rape-accused-tells-of-affair-with-17-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/christs-hospital-school-rape-accused-tells-of-affair-with-17-year-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Christ’s Hospital School: Rape accused tells of affair with 17-year-old"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image caption James Husband said he had a "consensual" affair with a 17-year-old girl while he worked at Christ's Hospital School <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A former private school teacher accused of raping a 15-year-old girl has told of an affair with another student.<\/p>\n

James Husband, 68, recalled the consensual liaison with a 17-year-old girl at Christ's Hospital School while giving evidence in his trial.<\/p>\n

Hove Crown Court heard he was married and his children attended the school during the "spur of the moment" affair.<\/p>\n

He and co-defendant Gary Dobbie, ex-head of house at the Horsham school, both deny sexually abusing pupils.<\/p>\n

Mr Husband, of Wigginton in York, denies four counts of rape and five of indecently assaulting a different pupil when she was as young as 14 between 1990 and 1994 while he taught at the prestigious school. <\/p>\n

Mr Dobbie, 68, of Albi in France and formerly of Hereford, faces a string of allegations against six boys and two girls as young as 12 between 1998 and 2001.<\/p>\n

He denies 12 counts of indecently assaulting four boys and two girls, attempting to indecently assault a boy and two counts of indecency with a child. <\/p>\n

He was teaching at independent Shrewsbury School, Shropshire, at the time of his arrest in 2016.<\/p>\n

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Image caption The top private school charges up to \u00a331,500 a year <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mr Husband left his job as a history teacher when it emerged he was having a consensual affair with the 17-year-old pupil who was not underage and is not a complainant in the case, jurors were told.<\/p>\n

Giving evidence, he told the court there were several instances with the girl - from holding hands and kissing to sex - but said he did not consider it a relationship.<\/p>\n

During cross-examination, the court heard him describe the moment he kissed the student on the lips after a disco at night in the school grounds.<\/p>\n

He said: "I can see her in my mind's eye looking up at me. I can remember the kiss.<\/p>\n

"The look on her face suggested that she wanted to me to.<\/p>\n

"I wanted to kiss her."<\/p>\n

In a diary entry read to the court, the girl said: "Told too many people at school then decided to go for it. The fling. <\/p>\n

"So got off with him on Saturday night. The most amazing thing. Happy."<\/p>\n

Mr Husband later conceded to the court that he had had sex with two 17-year-olds.<\/p>\n

Addressing the charges involving the other girl which he denies, claiming they had consensual sex once when she was 16, he said: "I don't know why [the alleged victim] has brought these allegations against me."<\/p>\n

Jurors previously heard he had told the girl when she was 15: "It's OK, I've had a vasectomy," before raping her.<\/p>\n

The trial continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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