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Teacher Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse | Australia News
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A teacher convicted of sexually assaulting a vulnerable teen over seven weeks last year faces seven years and one month in prison — a sentence underscored by damning evidence, including 14,000 encrypted messages, and a heroic bus driver who caught the abuse on camera. Despite claiming he was just “checking on” the student, Marks lied to school officials and police, manipulating the teen into believing she had a choice. The judge called his actions a calculated violation of a sacred space — turning a classroom into a site of exploitation. Though Marks expressed remorse, his victim says she’ll never fully heal, and he’ll be a registered sex offender for life, with at least four years and three months before parole eligibility.
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