US: Married female teacher jailed for forced sex with 12-yr-old student

Stratford: A court in Connecticut, the United States, on Friday awarded a two-year jail term and 10 years of probation to a special education female teacher for forcibly having sex with a 12-year-old student.

According to a report in Daily Star, the teacher, identified as 29-year-old Michelle Sulzicki, sexually abused the minor boy when she used to visit his home to teach him.

The boy said she had sex with him at least 20 times in the last two years. She also forced him to perform oral and anal sex.

She would also give gifts and clothing to the boy, and did not charge his family for tuitions.

The abuse came to light when the boy told a social worker about the ordeals he was going through. A police complaint was later filed by school chiefs. Sulzicki, who was employed at Chapel Street School, Stratford, was arrested in October last year and fired from the school two days later.

While delivering the verdict on Friday, judge Robert Devlin said, “This whole thing came up when you learned this 12-year-old boy was looking at pornography.”

“That should have been a teaching moment but instead that is what triggered this sexual activity. All teachers are hurt when one does a bad thing,” Devlin said.

“I just want to apologise for all the pain and suffering I have caused,” said Sulzicki, who was married to Thomas, a music teacher.