A Sydney teacher has been charged with having sex with a 17-year-old student, the second such case in recent weeks.
Monique Nguyen, 28, a music teacher from the city’s northwest, was arrested by detectives in late May.
Police allege she had sex with a 17-year-old male student in Baulkham Hills, the area where she lives, in mid-April. The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Monique Nguyen (pictured), 28, a music teacher from the city’s northwest, was arrested by detectives in late May
Police allege she had sex with a 17-year-old male student in Baulkham Hills, the area where she lives, in mid-April
Nguyen was released on bail after her arrest and did not have to appear in court on Thursday when her case went to trial.
Her case will be heard again next month in Parramatta District Court.
It is the second time in recent weeks that a female teacher has been accused of having sex with male students.
Physical education teacher Tayla Brailey, 30, was recently charged with sexually abusing two male students – aged between 16 and 17 – whom she met while working at Lurnea High School in Sydney’s south-west.
Police allege the sexual assaults occurred multiple times in July, including at her marital home in West Wollongong.
On August 6, she was arrested for her first alleged victim and charged with sexual abuse, sexual intercourse with a person in her care, and aggravated sexual assault.
The next day she appeared in Liverpool District Court, where she was granted bail on strict conditions. She was ordered to move out of the apartment she shared with her husband and live with her parents in another suburb of Wollongong.
Tayla Brailey, 30, pictured here with her husband on her wedding day, was recently charged with sexually abusing two male students – aged between 16 and 17 – whom she met while working at Lurnea High School in Sydney’s south-west.
A little over a week later, on Friday, August 16 at 7 a.m., police went to her parents’ home and arrested her on charges related to a second male student.
She was taken to Wollongong Police Station and charged with six new charges, including sexual intercourse with a teenager in her care, sexually touching a teenager in her care and inciting a teenager in her care to sexually touch her.
She was also charged with soliciting, accessing and possessing or controlling child abuse material.
Brailey was again granted bail, but with strict conditions. For example, she was only allowed to leave the house when one of her parents was present, she had to abide by a curfew from 9pm to 7am and she had to report to the police three times a week.
She is also prohibited from using social media, entering Lurnea, contacting her alleged victims or the prosecution’s witnesses, attending educational institutions, and being in the presence of a minor unless the child is accompanied by a parent or guardian.