A TEACHER found half naked in a layby with a 17-year-old pupil has moaned “I don’t get invited to parties anymore” after her conviction.
Eppie Sprung Dawson was convicted of having sex with a 17-year-old pupil after patrol cops found her inside her car with the teen.
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Patrol cops found Sprung Dawson inside her car with the teen[/caption]
She admitted sexual activity with a person under 18 while she was his teacher and in a position of trust.
The 38-year-old was placed on the sex offenders’ register for six months and given a half-year-long community payback order.
Sprung Dawson told BBC Radio Scotland: “I have a conviction for a sexual offence.”
She added: “I was a teacher and I had an affair with a 17-year-old pupil.
“So I do have experience of, kind of, living with the challenges that a person can face as a result of having a criminal record.
“I never experienced a custodial sentence, but I certainly did experience stigma.
“I mean, I had an exceptionally large amount of press coverage, media coverage, for many, many years following my conviction.
“And I think I would say that was the most difficult thing I experienced.
“But I mean, of course, as with people with a conviction for a sexual offence particularly, face the highest degree of stigma.
“And so things like employment, even things like not being invited to my daughter’s friends’ birthday parties.”
