Teacher impregnated by 6th grader gets 17.5 years in prison

Taipei, Nov. 15 (CNA) A teacher who had sex with her sixth-grade student multiple times in school and later gave birth to his child has been sentenced to a jail term of 17 and a half years, according to the Taoyuan District Court.

In a verdict handed down on Nov. 9, the court said that the teacher forced the student -- who was under the age of consent -- to have sex with her nine times during break times from Feb. 25 to June 23, 2020.

The teacher became pregnant in May 2020, with a paternity test later showing that the student was the father of her child, according to the court.

The case was exposed by the student's father, who reported it to police, according to the court's verdict.

The court said that it handed the teacher a 17-and-a-half-year prison in light of the severe impact of her actions on the student's physical and mental development.

Following the conviction, which can be appealed, the Taoyuan City Government Department of Education said Wednesday that the teacher had been dismissed and banned from working in schools for life.