The judge made comments at length about the alleged witness tampering, after the accused reached out to witnesses despite knowing he was not allowed to.
In sentencing, Senior District Judge Bala Reddy said that educators hold"a position of unparalleled trust and influence in the lives of impressionable young children".
The names of the school, the man and the victim cannot be published because of gag orders protecting the boy's identity. At trial, the prosecution charged that the teacher had coached witnesses, including fellow teachers, on what to say. But the defence, Mr Gino Hardial Singh, objected to the prosecution's description of"witness tampering".
"I stop short of inferring any sinister motive on his part but find that his actions had irreparably damaged his trustworthiness." "The court then learned that the accused had done this so that he could encourage Ms J to testify on certain matters in order to 'correct all the wrong that had done'," said the judge, noting that Ms J was ultimately not called as a defence witness.
One of the offender's arguments at trial was that he could not have committed most of the offences as he was sitting at another cubicle, visible to people outside the glass door of the room. Several of the lies were deliberate and motivated by"a realisation of guilt and a fear of the truth", said the judge.
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