A TEACHER wept as she was today acquitted of having sex with a 14-year-old student in her car and sending indecent videos.
Ellie Pattison, 29, is accused of tricking a “vulnerable” teenage girl into believing they were in love.
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Ellie Pattison was cleared of having sex with a schoolgirl
The teacher is accused of having sex with the student twice in her car and at the homes of two of her friends.
Pattison also repeatedly touched and kissed the teenager after they began meeting outside of school, jurors were told.
She sobbed today after being unanimously acquitted of a string of offenses against children following a trial.
Hove Crown Court heard how a secondary school teacher sent the girl an indecent video of her performing a sexual act on herself.
The couple reportedly installed cameras in their bedrooms so they could see each other at night.
Pattison also sent the girl a series of messages after they formed an “intimate” relationship, it was said.
In one, she reportedly said she was looking forward to “lying in your arms feeling you breathe.”
Jury members heard Pattison also wrote about sorting the hotel room “if we can find someone to say you’re staying with them”.
The girl later replied: “You are my world, my life, my Beyonce. I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you, marry you, have children with you….my wife for life”.
The teacher also allegedly expressed her love for the little girl, calling her “little girl”.
In return, Pattison replied: “I got who I want…..bubs.”
Pattison, who worked as a teaching assistant in East Sussex, was 23 at the time of the alleged offenses and was in a relationship.
Jurors heard she had the added responsibility of caring for children who were in care while they were at secondary school.
During her testimony, the girl cried as she said she believed Pattison was in love with her.
She said the teacher convinced her they were in a serious relationship and would meet regularly outside of school and have sex.
The relationship finally came to light after a friend of the girl saw the couple kissing in a car and raised the alarm.
When school bosses discovered Pattison had been seeing her, she was suspended, the court heard.
Her partner Naomi Tregear also reported the “inappropriate relationship” to police when she found out.
In her evidence, she said Pattison told her “too far” when she asked him how far she had gone sexually with the girl.
Ms Tregear added: “Another teacher from another school who was convicted of sexually assaulting a pupil was also discussed.
“It was mentioned that he was sentenced to eight years. Ellie then texted me: ‘Eight years, I’m not getting out alive’.”
Pattison was acquitted of three counts of penetrative sexual activity with a girl between the ages of 13 and 15.
She was also found not guilty of two further charges of non-penetrative sexual activity with a child at different locations.
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Pattison reportedly became intimate with ‘vulnerable’ girl Credit: Brighton Pictures
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She sent love messages and lewd videos, jury members heard Credit: David McHugh / Brighton Pictures
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