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Melanie Rock, a 34-year-old teaching assistant at Medina College on the Isle of Wight, was found guilty by a jury of sexually grooming a 15-year-old student and engaging in sexual activity with him. The case came to light when another teacher saw them together at Pizza Hut. During their meetings, Rock showed the boy her sex toys and handcuffs, gave him money, and bought him expensive clothing. She was arrested two days after being reported by school officials and claimed she was merely trying to help the student. Rock faces sentencing in December.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-12,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Deandra Kontou, a 32-year-old teacher at Newington College in Sydney, was charged with nine offenses related to the alleged rape and sexual abuse of a teenage student during a school trip to Fitzroy Island on the Great Barrier Reef. The incidents reportedly occurred between December 2021 and May 2022, mostly taking place within school hours at Stanmore. Kontou allegedly exposed the student to indecent material online, groomed him, coerced him into non-consensual sex acts, and twice sexually touched him during the trip. She was immediately removed from the tour when another teacher learned of the alleged abuse.
Meanwhile, in Melbourne, Kam Kenny-Jones, a teacher at Methodist Ladies' College (MLC) until recently, faces one charge of sexual assault of a child under 17 years old. The school stood him down on September 2023 after concerns were raised and informed the police.
In a separate case in the UK, Melanie Rock, a communication support assistant at Medina College on the Isle of Wight, is accused of grooming a 15-year-old pupil by showering him with gifts and taking him to her home where she showed sex toys and engaged in intimate activities. She was seen eating lunch with the boy at a fast-food restaurant, leading another teacher to alert the school.
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A British teaching assistant groomed a 15-year-old student by taking her home to see her sex toys and handcuffs — before getting caught when another teacher saw them at a Pizza Hut.
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teacher → groom → Hut
A jury took just two hours to find Melanie Rock, 34, guilty of sexual grooming and sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust, the Telegraph reported.
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Telegraph → take → trust
Rock was a communications support assistant at Medina College on the Isle of Wight when she started chatting on Instagram with the boy, who’d been kicked out of class for his bad behavior.
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who → start → behavior
They then met several times — with the teacher giving him around $60 before taking him back to her home.
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teacher → meet → home
There, she invited him to “enjoy her room” — and directed him toward a drawer with handcuffs, black see-through lingerie and sex toys, the boy told investigators in an interview played to the jury.
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boy → invite → jury
He described being uncomfortable as the teaching assistant gave him a “koala hug” after inviting him to lie on her bed to vape.
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assistant → describe → bed
In other get-togethers, Rock bought the teen disposable vapes and clothing worth almost $500 from Trapstar, a London-based streetwear company.
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Rock → buy → Trapstar
They were finally caught out when they went to a Pizza Hut together, where another Medina College teacher saw them.
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teacher → catch → them
“We need to make something up, because if he sees us I’m going to lose my job,” Rock told the boy in a panic — then lying to her colleague that the teen was her godson.
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teen → need → colleague
The other teacher did not buy it and reported Rock to school officials, who questioned Rock about the relationship.
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who → buy → relationship
“F—k, I’m f—ked, I’m going to be sacked now they found out,” she texted the boy afterwards, and begged him never to mention her name.
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she → ’m → name
Rock was taken into custody by police at the school two days later, and told cops that she had met the boy by chance and took him to Pizza Hut because he was hungry.
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he → take → Hut
Rock told the court during her trial that she continued to meet with the boy outside of school because she was worried about him.
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she → tell → him
“I’m a [mom], I care, I care too much, I was trying to keep an eye on him,” she said.
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she → ’m → him
She claimed that she never acted sexually towards the boy and denied they ever had physical contact in her bedroom.
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they → claim → bedroom
The jury deliberated for just under two hours before convicting Rock of sexual grooming and sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust.
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jury → deliberate → trust
She is scheduled to be sentenced in December.
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She → schedule → December
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