Overview
- Worcester Crown Court, sitting in Hereford, imposed a two-year community order with 50 rehabilitation activity days and 180 hours of unpaid work.
- Mark Baker, 53, admitted two counts of indecent assault on a girl under 16 committed in the 1990s when he taught at The River School in Fernhill Heath.
- Prosecutors described grooming and a breach of trust, saying he told the child she had the attributes of a wife "as God decreed it."
- He is subject to a five-year notification requirement on the sex offenders register and must pay £150 in court costs.
- West Mercia Police said the abuse was reported last July and commended the victim's courage, directing survivors to the Victim Support Gateway.