Educating Cardiff teacher avoids jail for sexual assault
Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 4 Nov, 12:57 · Archive
A teacher who featured in the Channel 4 documentary Educating Cardiff has been sentenced to 33 months' imprisonment suspended for 30 months after sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
Gareth Ritter, 44, a teacher featured in Channel 4's documentary series Educating Cardiff, has been sentenced to 33 months' imprisonment suspended for 30 months after sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl at a flat in Cardiff Bay in June 2015. The music teacher, who was assistant head of Willows High School, had initially denied intentionally touching the girl without consent but changed his plea to guilty three days into his trial at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court in October. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of making an indecent photograph of a child and one count of distributing an indecent photograph of a child.
The court heard that Ritter offered the teenager a lift home from an event in Cardiff before taking her to a flat in Cardiff Bay. Judge Dyfed Llion Thomas described how Ritter made comments about how the girl looked and dressed, made uninvited physical contact with her, and asked if she wanted to see the bedroom. When she moved away, he pinned her against the wall and kissed her without consent. The judge said the girl made clear she did not want sexual contact and pushed him away, telling him she was a good girl from a Christian school. The judge noted Ritter did not apologise but was described as 'giggling' at what had happened. The court adjourned decisions on a restraining order and sexual harm prevention order.
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- Educating Cardiff teacher spared jail after sexually assaulting teenage girlGareth Ritter, 44, initially denied the offence but changed his plea to guilty in October after giving evidence at trialThe Independent · 4 Nov, 13:19
- Teacher who featured on Channel 4 show avoids jail after sexually assaulting teen girlTeacher Gareth Ritter, 44, who appeared in the Channel 4 documentary series Educating Cardiff, admitted sexually assaulting a teenage girlThe Mirror · 4 Nov, 12:37
- Educating Cardiff teacher, 44, who sexually assaulted 17-year-old girl after offering her a lift home avoids jailGareth Ritter had a leading role in the hit documentary series as assistant head of Willows High School.Daily Mail · 4 Nov, 12:36
In this story: Gareth Ritter · Willows High School · Channel 4 · Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court · Cardiff Bay · Bryngwyn
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