Cardiff teacher Ieuan Bartlett had sex with pupil
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Ieuan Bartlett was described as taking advantage of his role at the high school
A high school teacher is facing jail for having sex with a pupil at her home while her mother was out.
Cardiff Crown Court heard Ieuan Bartlett, of Whitchurch, Cardiff, would sneak in through the side door to avoid the property's doorbell camera.
"Nurturing" a sexual relationship with the girl, the 29-year-old also made her send him naked selfies.
Bartlett admitted 12 counts of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust.
Having originally denied the charges, he changed his pleas after a jury failed to reach a verdict, leaving him facing a retrial.
Prosecutor Matthew Cobbe previously described Bartlett as the teacher the girl had "turned to for support".
He said: "Mr Bartlett took advantage of his role - he gained her trust and her confidence and, for the first few months of getting to know her, he built an ever closer bond with her."
Mr Cobbe added that the girl began seeing Bartlett in a one-on-one role at the high school where he worked.
"It was that privacy and isolation that allowed the defendant to build on the bond that he was nurturing with her, ultimately causing her to think that he had fallen for her and that she was in a loving relationship with him," he said.
The court heard the pupil was just 16 when he asked for nude pictures and they had sex during the school holidays.
The girl told police Bartlett would hug and kiss her and tell her he wanted a relationship with her, culminating in him moving in with her when she left college.
She told officers he constantly told her he loved her and wanted to book hotel rooms in which to have sex.
Cardiff Crown Court heard the pupil had felt "pressured" to send Bartlett nude photos
Mr Cobbe said text messages made it "crystal clear" they were talking about the "sex they previously had and enjoyed" during the term.
Bartlett was arrested and interviewed twice by police but declined to answer any questions.
He originally went on to deny any sort of sexual relationship with the pupil during the school term, but accepted that, after school term had ended, had sex with her at her house.
Mr Cobbe said: "The text messages put into context the relationship taking place between them and make it plain it was a longer lasting sexual relationship."
He said Bartlett asked the girl for naked pictures after term had ended "spelling out to her what he wanted, despite her obvious reluctance."
Mr Cobbe added: "She was 16 at the time and his possession of those images was and is an offence, regardless of whether they were sent or exchanged during school term."
The girl said she was "pressured" to send nudes and would "cry when sending pictures of myself".
Defending Bartlett, Sophie Standard said the earlier trial had "serious consequences" to her client's mental health and he was undergoing counselling.
In addition to 12 counts of sexual activity with a child, Bartlett also previously admitted to possessing an indecent image of the girl.
Judge Lucy Crowther remanded Bartlett into custody and he will appear at Cardiff Crown Court for sentencing on 3 May.
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