SAINT PETERSBURG: A 55-year-old Russian teacher convicted for having sex with an underage pupil escaped jail time after marrying the teenager, a court said on Monday. He was sentenced to “one year in prison and a three year ban on employment in education“, the court said. But, according to a provision in Russian criminal code, Bondarenko’s sentence was dropped since he had married the student, the court said. The Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid said Bondarenko divorced his wife in December 2017 and married the pupil, who has since come of age, a month later. The arts school told the RIA-Novosti news agency that Bondarenko is no longer a member of its staff.--AFP

Source: New Strait Times February 26, 2018 15:45 UTC