This story from Wales is quite disturbing. The case is ongoing, so I won’t make any personal judgements just yet.
Robert James Delabertouche is alleged to have told a female pupil that he would “put her over his knee and spank her”. He is also alleged to have regularly put his hand on her knee “to help her with clutch control”, and to have made “overly friendly comments”.
Delabertouche denies 10 charges of sexual assault against five women.
I suppose I’d better be careful when I joke with pupils that if they “do that again” I’ll make them walk home.
Update: Delabertouche was found guilty. He was cleared of two offences, but convicted of eight others. He is to be sentenced in January, and the judge reckons a community order or suspended sentence is likely.