South London teacher who took pupil to Travelodge for sex is banned for life

"In 2023, staff at the Travelodge in Whyteleafe, Surrey, became concerned when Nasir booked a double room with the pupil, who appeared to be underage. They called the police, who arrested him at the scene. Nasir at first denied wrongdoing and even asked a friend to lie for him. However, officers later uncovered sexualised messages he had exchanged with the pupil. Nasir was subsequently dismissed from his role in June 2023."

"Court transcripts revealed how Nasir began to give the pupil extra help before they became friends and met outside school. The judge said: You began meeting out of school, she would go and sit in your car, and there you would give her what she described as hickeys or love bites on her chest, neck and breast. Things escalated from there you were touching her breasts and she was touching your penis."

"In a statement, Detective Constable Michael Barker, lead investigator from Surrey Police's Child Abuse Team, said: As a recently qualified teacher, Nasir would have had the most up-to-date safeguarding training, so would undoubtedly have been aware he was committing a serious crime against a vulnerable young person. Despite that, Nasir took advantage of his position of authority. Nasir later admitted three counts of sexual activity with a child while in a position of trust and one count of inciting sexual activity."

Waleed Nasir, 27, exploited a pupil at Orchard Park High School by singling her out for extra help and arranging secret meetings outside school. Sexual activity occurred in his car and in a Travelodge room in Whyteleafe, Surrey, where staff alerted police after suspecting the pupil was underage. Nasir initially denied wrongdoing and asked a friend to lie, but officers found sexualised messages. He was dismissed in June 2023, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual activity with a child in a position of trust and inciting sexual activity, and received a nine-month prison sentence suspended for two years. The Teaching Regulation Agency imposed a lifetime ban.

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