A former instructor who was caught half-naked in her automobile with a male pupil has admitted to creating “some really bad choices”.
Eppie Sprung was 26-years-old when she was struck off from St Joseph’s College in Dumfries for having intercourse with a 17-year-old pupil in a lay-by.
She was positioned on the intercourse offenders register after pleading responsible to breach of belief. She was additionally handed a six-month neighborhood payback order. The scandal destroyed each her educating profession and her marriage.
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Now aged 37 and a mother-of-two, Sprung has stated she takes full duty for her actions. She informed The Herald on Sunday: “The time after my arrest was horrific. Teaching was my identity, I loved it. The punishment is never really over.”
Sprung admitted “I made some really bad choices”, including: “My family kept me alive. All people have value and if they can hold on to that knowledge, they can hold on to their life.”
Sprung cut up from her husband of two years after the incident and the pupil moved in along with her. Their relationship got here to an finish in 2015.
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She discovered it troublesome to maneuver on along with her life, and stated media protection of the case meant potential employers had been “concerned I bring with me a reputational risk”. She added: “Everybody knew who I was.”
Sprung stated a bar proprietor “took a punt on me” after her conviction. She was later supplied a job at a charity. She has since arrange Next Chapter Scotland, a lottery-backed charity that helps reformed criminals discover work.
Now remarried, she stated she set the charity as much as present her youngsters she will not conceal her previous. She stated: “I’m aware they are going to have to face the stigma of my offence and it would be better for them to have a mum who is using that experience for good.”
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