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'Male entitlement': six years for fake Uber predator

A man who pretended to be an Uber driver to pick up three different women before raping or sexually assaulting them will spend at least six years behind bars.

AAP · Mar 13, 2024

Gippsland teacher unlikely to be jailed over sex with student, judge says

The actions of a female teacher who repeatedly had sex with a 16-year-old male student would not have been illegal if the child was not under her direct care or supervision, a court has heard.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

Gippsland teacher pleads guilty to unlawful sex with year 11 student after letters sent to school

The court heard the Gippsland woman approached the boy when he was upset at school and exchanged Instagram details with him, which progressed to online conversations and eventually to sex in the teacher's car at a pine plantation.

ABC News · Mar 8, 2023