Teacher from Educating Cardiff sentenced for sexual assault

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 4 Nov, 17:45 · Archive

Gareth Ritter, 44, featured in Channel 4 documentary Educating Cardiff, has been given a suspended prison sentence for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in 2015.

Gareth Ritter, 44, a teacher featured in the Channel 4 documentary series Educating Cardiff, has been sentenced to 33 months suspended for two and a half years for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl. He initially denied the charge but changed his plea to guilty during trial in October. He was also placed on the sex offenders' register for life.

The assault occurred in 2015 when Ritter offered the girl a lift home after an event in Cardiff. He took her to a flat he owned in Cardiff Bay, where he touched her inappropriately and kissed her against her will. The judge told Ritter: 'She didn't want any of this sexual contact that you inflicted on her that night.' The girl managed to push him away, telling him she was a 'good girl' from a Christian school and that her father would be expecting her home. During the journey afterwards, Ritter told her not to tell anyone what had happened.

Ritter had previously admitted two counts of making indecent photographs of a child and one count of distributing such material. Detectives discovered intimate images of a young woman under 18 on his phone and tablet while investigating an unrelated incident. Ritter claimed the images had been sent to him by someone else. When the victim was contacted about the images, she reported the assault to police.

How it is being reported

• Educating Cardiff teacher given suspended sentence after sexually assaulting teenagerDuring a trial, Gareth Ritter, 44, changed his plea to guilty on the sexual assault charge.BBC South East Wales · 4 Nov, 16:24
• Teacher from hit Channel 4 series finally sentenced after admitting sexual assaultA teacher featured in the Channel 4 documentary Educating Cardiff has been given a suspended prison sentence for sexually assaulting a teenage girl.Penarth Times · 4 Nov, 15:04

In this story: Gareth Ritter · Channel 4 · Educating Cardiff · Cardiff · Monmouthshire · Cardiff Bay

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