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Trial for school teacher continues

November 28, 2017 4:40 pm

The trial of a class four teacher from Nasinu who is charged with four counts of rape and nine counts of sexual assault of students will continue today.

A twelve year old girl testified yesterday that she was called by the accused to his classroom after school hours in 2012.

She said in court the teacher also called her friend and they had to go to him one by one.

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When it was her turn to go, she saw the accused sitting at the back of the classroom, masturbating and he told her to touch her private parts.

She also told the court it happened a couple of times to her and some other classmates, when the accused used to call them to play board games.

The student and her friend later reported the matter to a class eight teacher.

The teacher will appear in the Suva high court this morning.