Court: Teacher Jailed For Sexual Exploitation
A 39-year-old teacher who pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a young person was sentenced to 7 years in prison, with the court also ordering that Ronald Forde’s name be entered on the Sexual Offenders Register.
The ruling said, “The Defendant pleaded guilty to the following offences: [i] Luring of a young person by a person in a position of trust, contrary “to section 182EA of the Criminal Code Act 1907 [the “Criminal Code”][Count 1 on the Indictment]; [ii] Sexual exploitation of a young person by a person in a position of trust, contrary to section 182B[1][a] of the Criminal Code [Count 2]; and [iii] Accessing child pornography, contrary to section 182H of the Criminal Code [Count 4].”
“The victim is fourteen [14] year old AB who attended a high school in Bermuda,” the ruling said. “At the time of the offences the Defendant was thirty-eight [38] years old and he is a Guyanese national.”
In Puisne Judge Juan Wolffe’s ruling he said what the Defendant did “was despicable, repugnant, and callous” as he “camouflaged himself as a genuine teacher and tutor” and “then lured her into his perverted world.”
“I also order that the Defendant’s name shall be entered on the Sexual Offenders Register pursuant to section 329FA of the Criminal Code,” he added.
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