Stuart Van Dyken: Inner west school alleged sex act, mum speaks
The mother of a teenager girl who was allegedly forced into a sexual encounter with her teacher broke down in court as she gave evidence. Day three of the trial also heard allegations the inner west schoolteacher had taken secret photos of the girl.
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A mother wept in court as she recalled the moment her daughter told her of an alleged forced sexual encounter with a teacher.
The woman said her teenage daughter had revealed the allegations to her following a trivial chat in which she had confessed to having smoked a cigarette and drinking Red Bull.
Inner west schoolteacher Stuart Robert Van Dyken is on trial at Downing Centre District Court accused of sexual intercourse with a child under special care and a charge of inciting a child over 16 under care to perform an act of indecency.
He denies the charges.
Speaking on day three of the trial, the student’s mother began to cry when asked how she felt after her daughter told her about the alleged 2018 sexual encounter.
“I was shocked, I was crying, I was distraught, I was distressed,” she said.
“I felt sorry for my daughter because why didn’t you tell us? Why didn’t you tell us?”
When “confessing” the incident to her mother, it is alleged the girl had said Van Dyken had talked sexually to her.
The student also claimed in her evidence Van Dyken once showed students he had Tinder on his mobile phone.
Photos of the back of the student at school were found on Van Dyken’s phone, evidence in the trial revealed.
The student told the court the photos were one hundred per cent of her, as she was wearing her white Nike’s, black jeans and non-uniform green sloppy joe, and that she “assumed” Van Dyken had taken the photos.
The trial had previously heard that Van Dyken and the student had allegedly spoken after hours in his office when he asked if she would give him oral sex “right now”.
It is alleged he then asked to meet her in another room.
The student gave evidence that after meeting Van Dyken in an empty room, she tried to escape the situation but he persisted.
The student told the court she then got on her knees and initiated the oral sex act before stating “I can’t do this”.
She claimed the teacher then told her that she “can’t tell anyone”.
“My life’s in your hands. I have children. I won’t be able to see them. My job’s in your hands,” she claimed he told her.
The trial continues.