Leicestershire teacher jailed over online sex acts with girls

John Ewan Myles was working as a school teacher when he committed the offences

A teacher who committed a raft of sex offences against two teenage girls has been jailed.

Leicestershire Police said John Ewan Myles, 36, groomed a 15-year-old girl on video calls and sent sexually explicit images and clips of himself.

While awaiting sentence, Myles - who worked at Ashby School, Ashby-de-la-Zouch - admitted identical offences against a second victim.

He was jailed for six and a half years after pleading guilty to 19 charges.

Police said it received a report Myles had been engaging in sexual activity with a teenage girl he had met online in April 2022 while working as a teacher.

He was arrested at his home in Ashburton Road, Hugglescote, Coalville, and officers found multiple electronic devices hidden under his bed.

The girl was identified and told officers Myles first contacted her online claiming his name was Jamie Reid and he was 18.

After chatting online for a few months, Myles began sending sexual images of himself.

Examination of devices found numerous recorded video calls in which sexual activity was carried out between the two.

Leicestershire Police said Myles was a teacher at Ashby School in Ashby-de-la-Zouch when he committed the offences

After pleading guilty to 12 child sex offences while awaiting sentence, he admitted further offences against a second victim.

Evidence found Myles had contacted another teenage girl online under the same previously used alias, telling the victim he was 17 years old.

In relation to the second victim, he pleaded guilty to a further six similar child sex offences and a further charge of possessing an extreme pornographic image.

He also pleaded guilty to a separate offence of possessing extreme pornographic image of an animal.

Myles was jailed for six and a half years at Leicester Crown Court on Tuesday.

He was also placed on the sex offenders register for life and will be subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 15 years.

Det Con Helen Pape said: "Myles fully knew how old these girls were and how vulnerable they were, using this to target and exploit them purely for his own sexual gratification.

"With the sheer volume of evidence weighed against him, Myles had little choice but to plead guilty."