The court was told when she arrested, Ms Connor admitted the pair had been in a sexual relationship but insisted it had not begun until the girl turned 18.Ĭonnor, from Manchester, denies six counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child being a person in a position of trust and a further six of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity being a person in a position of trust. “I had to have counselling for depression and anxiety.” “The first 15 years of my life were ruined by Kim Connor,” she said. The court heard how she was entralled by Ms Connor, who “exploited” the “vulnerability” of a young girl.ĭuring cross-examination, the girl denied making up her account because she was jealous after Connor got another appointment at a different stage school. “I viewed her at that time like a big sister.” “She was there to help us all through it,” she said, breaking down. She also said in evidence how her parents would sometimes let her spend the night at Connor’s home while they visited a sick relative in a hospice. The girl told the court how they never showed “any affection” when in public and “had to hide” if Ms Connor saw parents of any children she taught. She made me feel special because I thought she had chosen me,” she told jurors. The court heard how she was inspired to open up about the abuse, which allegedly took place 15 years ago, by the #MeToo movement. A new study into a phenomenon known as the ventriloquist illusion has shown that simply imagining an object while. The pair would also allegedly go shopping together in Salford and went to see top London shows – even going on holiday to Portugal together when the teen was 16.īut the girl ended the alleged relationship when she got to university and realised it “wasn’t right”, it was said. The Human Brain Can Get Confused About Whats Real and Imagined, Says New Study. Jurors were told one night Ms Connor opened a safe in her wardrobe revealing sex toys and encouraged the girl to use them on each other. They would also share a bed – with Ms Connor allegedly so trusted by the pupil’s family she was allowed to stay over. When the girl turned 14 and was struggling with her sexuality, she went to the teacher’s home and was kissed “chastely” on the mouth, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.īut the relationship developed and she later started to touch the teen inappropriately over her clothing, it was said. From an underwater waterfall in the Indian Ocean to a surrealist scene. Kim Connor, 46, began teaching the girl when she was aged nine at stage school before giving her “private tuition” for drama, it is said. While some optical illusions have gone viral and stumped the internet, others youll only see when you explore the outdoors. A female teacher repeatedly had sex with a “besotted” 14-year-old girl after convincing her parents she was “like a big sister”, a UK court heard today.
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