Sydney high school teacher accused of grooming 14-year-old girl and offering money for sexually explicit material

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Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP View image in fullscreen Police allege the 29-year-old teacher’s request to the teen prompted her to tell her parents who alerted authorities. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP Sydney high school teacher accused of grooming 14-year-old girl and offering money for sexually explicit material Man was teaching at a secondary school for boys when he allegedly targeted the girl – who police say he did not know Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A high school teacher has been accused of grooming a teenage girl and offering money for her to produce sexually explicit material. Police allege the 29-year-old man targeted a 14-year-old girl not known to him, before she told her parents who alerted authorities. He is accused of first making contact with the girl on 18 March, and at one stage offering her money for sexually explicit material. “The money is not a significant sum, however, I will say (he) did take steps to pressure the child during that dialogue, trying to encourage her to send him sexually explicit material in exchange for money,” Leis said. “It’s obviously a timely reminder for children, but also importantly parents, to know what your children are doing online.” The man was charged using a carriage service to groom a child aged under 16 years for sex, and using a carriage service to access child abuse material.

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Police allege the 29-year-old teacher’s request to the teen prompted her to tell her parents who alerted authorities.
Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP
View image in fullscreen
Police allege the 29-year-old teacher’s request to the teen prompted her to tell her parents who alerted authorities.
Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP
Sydney high school teacher accused of grooming 14-year-old girl and offering money for sexually explicit material
Man was teaching at a secondary school for boys when he allegedly targeted the girl – who police say he did not know
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A high school teacher has been accused of grooming a teenage girl and offering money for her to produce sexually explicit material.
Police allege the 29-year-old man targeted a 14-year-old girl not known to him, before she told her parents who alerted authorities.
The teacher was arrested in Beecroft, in Sydney’s north, at 5.45am on Thursday.
NSW police were not aware of the teacher targeting any other children online.
“We will certainly be taking steps to thoroughly investigate the matter, to ascertain if there are any other children who have been victims of this particular predator,” Det Acting Supt Karl Leis said.
The man taught at a secondary school for boys, which police declined to name.
He is accused of first making contact with the girl on 18 March, and at one stage offering her money for sexually explicit material.
“The money is not a significant sum, however, I will say (he) did take steps to pressure the child during that dialogue, trying to encourage her to send him sexually explicit material in exchange for money,” Leis said.
“It’s obviously a timely reminder for children, but also importantly parents, to know what your children are doing online.”
The man was charged using a carriage service to groom a child aged under 16 years for sex, and using a carriage service to access child abuse material.
He was set to face Burwood local court on Thursday after being denied bail.
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## Expert Analysis

### Merits
- He is accused of first making contact with the girl on 18 March, and at one stage offering her money for sexually explicit material. “The money is not a significant sum, however, I will say (he) did take steps to pressure the child during that dialogue, trying to encourage her to send him sexually explicit material in exchange for money,” Leis said. “It’s obviously a timely reminder for children, but also importantly parents, to know what your children are doing online.” The man was charged using a carriage service to groom a child aged under 16 years for sex, and using a carriage service to access child abuse material.

### Areas for Consideration
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### Implications
- NSW police were not aware of the teacher targeting any other children online. “We will certainly be taking steps to thoroughly investigate the matter, to ascertain if there are any other children who have been victims of this particular predator,” Det Acting Supt Karl Leis said.
- He is accused of first making contact with the girl on 18 March, and at one stage offering her money for sexually explicit material. “The money is not a significant sum, however, I will say (he) did take steps to pressure the child during that dialogue, trying to encourage her to send him sexually explicit material in exchange for money,” Leis said. “It’s obviously a timely reminder for children, but also importantly parents, to know what your children are doing online.” The man was charged using a carriage service to groom a child aged under 16 years for sex, and using a carriage service to access child abuse material.

### Expert Commentary
This article covers police, teacher, girl topics. Notable strengths include discussion of police. Readability: Flesch-Kincaid grade 0.0. Word count: 347.