Utrecht Court Sentences Former Teacher to Four Years for Sex Crimes Against Pupils
The ruling cites years of grooming of vulnerable pupils, supported by digital child‑pornography evidence from his seized phone.
Overview
- The court imposed a nine-year professional ban, a no-contact order with all identified victims, and supervision after release.
- Judges found multiple offenses from 2017 to 2024, including sexual acts with two 16-year-old pupils while he worked at Echnaton in Almere.
- Investigators discovered child pornography on his phone, including material he created by recording screens during online video contact with minors.
- He groomed girls online by posing as a younger person, including the alias “Jason,” on platforms such as Snapchat and a dating app to obtain explicit images and acts.
- Prosecutors had sought seven years in prison, but the court set a four-year term after comparing penalties in similar cases that came to light following a 2024 report by a Zeist pupil.