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| Suwon District Court / Korea Times file |
An elementary school teacher has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of inducing more than 100 teenage girls to film sexually exploitative material, and of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old, a court reported Monday.
The man, in his 30s, who had taught at an elementary school in Seoul since 2012, was indicted on charges of possessing 1,910 items of sexually abusive content filmed by about 120 teenagers he met through social media between 2015 and 2021.
He was also found guilty of having sexually assaulted the then 13-year-old girl at a motel in 2020.
"The accused made the victims a subject of sexual desire using their lack of sexual self-determination and the ability to protect themselves," the court said.
"The case is more shocking, because the accused was an elementary school teacher who taught children of similar ages as the victims," the court added.
The court also ordered the man to complete 80 hours of sexual offender treatment, a five-year identity disclosure, and banned him from working with children for seven years. (Yonhap)
