Teacher Edwin John Downing is accused of grooming two boys online and sexually abusing them. A school teacher has confirmed he chatted to two teenagers online and later met up with them but denies anything sexual happened. But on Tuesday Downing gave evidence in his own defence and told the jurors that the sex never happened. READ MORE:* Grooming case: 13-year-old girl says private school teacher paid her for sex* Grooming case: Teacher picked up boy from school but claims nothing sexual happened* Grooming case: lawyer claims accuser is lying about sexual abuse* Teacher accused of sexually grooming, violating teen boys he met on dating appLAWRENCE SMITH/Stuff Edwin Downing''s lawyer ,Peter KayeThe 43-year-old said he was married and had a son. “There’s nothing worse in our case than prostituting young people.”Kaye said his client was a married man, who had a son and a 20-year career as a school teacher without blemish.

Source: Stuff November 17, 2020 03:00 UTC