A DAD who stood by his ex-wife after she slept with a 15-year-old child has told of how he later came to a huge realisation and left her.
Teacher Kandice Barber, 37, was found guilty in 2021 after she had sex with a student in a field after grooming him over text.
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Daniel Barber stood by his wife Kandie Barber’s side throughout her trial and months in jail
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The mum was jailed after having sex with a 15-year-old pupilCredit: Facebook
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The couple are now divorced
Barber, who worked at a school in Princes Risborough, Bucks, first flirted with her schoolboy victim in messages sent during a school assembly.
Her loyal ex Danny Barker, supported her through her trial – and even after she was sentenced to six years.
He told MailOnline: “Until you’re in that position, when it’s your wife or your husband and you’re living that life, you don’t know what you’re going to do. She was adamant she was innocent. I loved her and I believed her.
“It wasn’t just about sticking by her. Kan had three kids [from two previous relationships]. I’m not their dad, but I was married to their mum, so I wasn’t prepared to let them be ripped apart.”
Danny, 40, says he decided to stop supporting Kandice when he had a realisation during one of his prison visits.
He explained: “When I took the kids to visit Kan in prison, she’d be smiling and bubbly and happy. Her hair was done. I’d sit there and feel: ‘This is wrong. You’re smiling and happy in a place we shouldn’t be coming to visit you.’
“I was on antidepressants and sleeping pills because I couldn’t shut down. I couldn’t process what was happening. I was averaging two hours’ sleep a night.
“It was hard for me. Because I was standing by her, people were saying, ‘It must be a family thing… he must be doing it as well.”
Danny said he feared being recognised on the street as the “husband of the teacher who slept with a 15-year-old”.
He added: “She was in a cell so she didn’t have to deal with it. She just had to survive.”
Things took a turn for the worse when Kandice phoned him up “wanting to be romantic”.
He said: “I didn’t want to. She got all upset and it kind of festered from there.
“I began to see Kan differently. I started avoiding her. She would call but I wasn’t really picking up. I didn’t really want to interact with her. I was still trying to believe she was innocent. She’s adamant she is. She’s never wavered.”
The pair are now divorced – and Barber and his new partner Charlotte are expecting a child this autumn.
It comes after The Sun revealed how Barber is now working as a gate guard while on temporary prison release.
She has been working at a site building council homes, in Hounslow, West London, since May.
Barber, who worked at a school in Princes Risborough, Bucks, was 33-years old when she added herself to a teen boy’s Snapchat account in September 2018 and exchanged messages that became sexual.
She sent him a topless picture and a video of a sexual act before, in October 2018, going to a field with him to have sex.
In 2021, Barber, from Wendover, was convicted of causing a child to engage in sexual activity.
The mum-of-three was branded “beyond despicable” by the judge who sent her down.
Her mum said she still denies romping with the lad – but confirmed Barber would not be appealing her sentence.
Last month pictures emerged of Barber working as a gate guard on a construction site while on temporary prison release.
Sources have revealed she has been working at a site building council homes, in Hounslow, West London, since May.
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Last month pictures emerged of Barber working as a gate guard while on temporary prison releaseCredit: Ian Whittaker
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Barber was locked up for more than six years
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