'I WANT YOU'

A FORMER Harvester Primary School teacher returned to court, which heard shocking details from a minor who claims the onnie said she thinks of him while using a vibrator.

The 35-year-old accused returned to the Mitchells Plain Magistrates Court on Thursday to proceed with her bail application while facing charges of sexual grooming of a child and exposing a child to explicit material.

The investigating officer in the matter, Warrant Officer Roland Peters returned to the stand.

The court heard that the teacher had her eyes on the minor for a while and wanted to “do things to him”.

Peters said the case was reported to Lentegeur police station on 9 June and the matter was followed up.

The court heard that he went to the school on 10 June to which the principal said that she was made aware of the allegations by a concerned parent of an explicit video sent by the teacher on 4 June.

Peters said that he took a statement from the 13-year-old minor who told him that he was uncomfortable with those chats he had with the teacher.

Peters said: “They chatted on TikTok and he asked her if they can rather chat on WhatsApp because he is more familiar with WhatsApp. He indicated that on the chats she asked him not to call her ma’am and to call her by her first name.

“He reported it made him feel uncomfortable calling an adult by their first name yet alone an educator. He was also made uncomfortable because she used vulgar language and swearing.

“The chats later evolved to where he asked her specifically what she wants from him. She indicated that she likes him, that she has been watching him at school, she wants to kiss him and that she wants to do things to him.”

The court heard that the boy did not know how to respond to this and showed the chats to his friends as the nature of the chats involved words that he did not know like “vibrator and dildo.”

Peters added: “The teacher sent him this video, he was shocked and surprised as he did not expect that video of that nature. He said the very next day he blocked her on WhatsApp because it was ‘morsig’ and disgusting.

“The teacher told him that she uses a vibrator on herself and she thinks of him. The minor asked if he can send the video to his friends and she said she does not care, her life is already over and she will lose her job.”

The court heard once the news broke that he felt famous and enjoyed the attention despite knowing that it was wrong.

However he could not put into words how the matter has impacted him.

The case was postponed to 15 July for arguments and judgment for the teacher’s bail.

Peters also reported a criminal case is under investigation against the school’s principal after failing to report the incident to the police.