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Shamed teacher Kandice Barber locked up after sex with boy, 15, despite plea to avoid jail to ‘homeschool’ her kids
DISGRACED teacher Kandice Barber has been locked up today after having sex with a 15-year-old pupil.
The 35-year-old blew her husband Daniel a kiss as she was remanded in custody after a bail hearing at Aylesbury Crown Court this morning.
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Barber covered her face as she arrived at court hand-in-hand with Daniel, 38, as he carried a large overnight bag.
The teacher was yesterday found guilty of having sex with the boy in a field and sending him sordid topless pictures of Snapchat.
The mum-of-three will stay behind bars until a sentencing hearing on February 15, where she faces up to five years in prison.
Miss Recorder Bal Dhaliwal told Barber she hoped she had used her night at home to explain to her children what was to come and to "bid them farewell for the time being".
Gavin Holme, defending, begged the judge to allow her to return home ahead of sentencing as an "act of humanity" so she could homeschool her children.
Barber was warned "custody is inevitable" after being convicted by a jury of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Her husband Daniel fumed "it's a joke" as the verdict was read out.
Barber was cleared of two other counts of causing/inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
She was previously convicted of sexual communication with a child and causing a child to watch a sexual act by a person in a position of trust.
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Jurors heard how the teacher began messaging the pupil in 2018 after taking his phone number at a school sports day prize-giving event.
Their texts soon turned "sexual" and Barber later picked him up in her 4x4 car before driving to a field.
Barber then had sex with the boy in the secluded area.
The teacher continued to send the boy sordid texts - even while teaching him in class.
One message read: "You cannot make me blush when I am teaching now, poker face."
A schoolboy also claimed he saw messages from Barber, asking: "Do you prefer boobs or bum?”
The boy also showed a pal a shower selfie showing Barber's face and a picture of the supply teacher bending over a bed.
She also encouraged him to delete messages she had sent although the pupil kept photographs of some of the more explicit texts.
During the trial, the court heard Barber kept a secret stash of sexy snaps on her phone in a file called "for my eyes only".
Barber was eventually arrested in March last year - four months after the headmaster saw an X-rated picture of her sweeping through the school.
Her husband Daniel defended his wife in court - telling jurors their marriage is as "strong" as ever.
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The delivery driver, who previously referred to his wife as his "rock", said he was unaffected by his wife's conviction for sending X-rated pictures.
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Barber's ex described her as a "wonderful girl" and "great mother" who usually follows the line of the law.
But he added he had to call time on their relationship due to her insatiable sex demands, saying: "When it came to sex, she was just incredibly frisky and that's what got her into all this trouble."
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