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A former physical education teacher in the United Kingdom appeared in court this week as she faces 13 charges for allegedly committing sexual offenses against three children over a three-year period, according to reports.
The BBC reported that 29-year-old Bonwen James, of Chippenham, Wiltshire, appeared in the Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, after being accused of having sexual activity with a boy and two girls.
James is charged with four counts of sexual activity with a boy and six counts of sexual activity with girls under the age of 16.
She also faces two counts of sexual communication with a child and a single count of producing an indecent photograph of a minor.
Former PE teacher Bronwen James, 29, leaves Salisbury Magistrates’ Court, Wiltshire, Wednesday. (Rod Minchin/PA Images via Getty Images)
James is just one of a growing list of young female teachers accused of having sexual activity with children.
Last month, a U.S. high school teacher, 35-year-old Alyssa Perry, was accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old former student of hers at her residence in Rockaway Township, New Jersey.
Also, last month, an Illinois grand jury indicted high school teacher Christina Formella, 30, on 20 counts of sexual assault, 20 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, six counts of indecent solicitation of a child and six counts of grooming.
Formella had been accused of sexually assaulting the boy in a classroom during a tutoring session before class began at Downers Grove South High School in December 2023.
The victim’s mother discovered the alleged assault when looking through her son’s text message thread on his cellphone and then contacted police, prosecutors said.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.