Teacher found guilty of sending Snapchat sex act video to student, 15

A married female teacher, 35, has been found guilty of sending a 15-year-old student an X-rated video and a topless shower photo.

The husband of a teacher who sent a sex act video to a 15-year-old pupil has vowed to “stand by” his wife, it is reported.

Kandice Barber, 35, was found guilty on Tuesday of sending a sexual video to the pupil on Snapchat that showed her performing a graphic act – but faces a retrial on child sex charges.

Barber, who has three school-age children of her own, was also found guilty of sending the boy a topless photo, The Sun reports.

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David Barber leaves court hand-in-hand with wife Kandice Barber, 35, on Tuesday. Picture: Steve Parsons/PA Wire

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Despite the outcome at Aylesbury Crown Court, it has been reported that Barber’s husband Daniel, who called the teaching assistant his “rock”, would not be ending their marriage.

A family source told the Mail Online: “A lot of people are probably wondering why Daniel is standing by her.

“But that’s none of their business. They’re still very much together, I can assure you of that.

“I can understand why people might find it strange because a lot of men wouldn’t have put up with these allegations.”

The source explained the couple were going through a “difficult period” when the claims were made.

“But now they just want to live their lives and sort out their problems.”

The court heard how one text from Barber compared the student’s manhood to her husband’s.

Kandice Barber has been found guilty of sending a topless picture to a student. Picture: Supplied

DEVOTED HUSBAND

But the devoted husband, 38, has accompanied his wife to court each day during her trial – even giving evidence on her behalf.

The dad-of-two, who worked night shifts at a supermarket before starting work for a delivery firm, denied the pair were going through a rocky patch at the time of the incident.

In a statement provided to police, Daniel described Barber, who has three boys aged 15, 13 and 10 from two previous relationships, as his “rock”, adding: “Around this time I was having a rough time at work, my new job at the supermarket was not going well and I was feeling a bit down.

“I felt frustrated, deflated and I would whinge and moan to Kandice, she was always very supportive, she would talk to me about work and would always speak positively towards me. “She would tell me I was a good man and valuable to this family.”

He told the court the accusation was that she had sex with a pupil at school.

“She had told me she had been communicating with him, she said she was helping him out with his issues.

“She said someone had gone into her Snapchat and removed personal photos, she said it was ‘for my eyes only’. She did have a collection of intimate photos on her phone,” her husband said.

The married mum first messaged the boy over Snapchat. Picture: Supplied

RETRIAL SET

On Tuesday, the mother and teacher was cleared on one count of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activities while in a position of trust.

The jury failed to reach a verdict on three counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

She will now face a retrial in January next year on the final three charges.

Barber teared up as the verdicts were handed down with her mother placing a hand on her husband Daniel’s shoulder.

She refused to comment as she left court hand-in-hand with her husband.

Jurors heard how she began messaging the teenage student in September 2018 after putting her details in his Snapchat account.

She was accused of picking him up in her car before driving to a field where the boy claimed they had sex.

The X-rated photos, including one of Barber topless in the shower, then began circulating around the school and were seen by other pupils.

Barber had denied all the charges. Picture: Steve Parsons/PA Wire

INAPPROPRIATE TEXTS

One schoolboy claimed he saw messages from Barber, asking: “Do you prefer boobs or bum?”

He also told jurors one message detailed arousing one another in class “without the others (pupils) knowing”.

At the same time, Barber searched “what is the name of someone you are having an affair with?” and the word “alibi” on Google.

She also typed in “a lie of where you have been” before later looking up “good secluded areas,” and “Holiday Inn, Wycombe”.

But the teacher claimed in evidence she only googled “alibi” because she was trying to find out the name of the film Fatal Attraction.

‘ALIBI’ SEARCHES

She said: “I was up at 5am as my mum and I were going to set up a car boot sale.

“On the way there was a name of a film that was bugging me, so I googled those words. We were trying to remember the film name.

“I thought the name had something to do with adultery but it turned out to be the film Fatal Attraction.”

Barber also offered explanations for the other search terms – claiming she only inquired about “secluded areas” for her dog walks because he “absolutely loves lakes”.

And the reason for looking up hotels was for her son’s father to stay in while he visited, she said.

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Barber allegedly told the boy she was pregnant. Picture: Supplied

PREGNANCY CLAIMS

Barber was arrested in March last year, four months after the headmaster saw an X-rated picture of her sweeping through the school.

The boy denied having sex with her at first, then claimed he was worried about his baby being born in prison as Barber had allegedly told him she was pregnant.

The teacher denied having sex with the boy and instead claimed her baby, which she later lost after suffering an ectopic pregnancy, was her husband Daniel Barber’s.

But in a meeting with a social worker, the teacher admitted she sent the topless photo to the boy.

Richard Milne, prosecuting, said: “She said that she was going through a bad patch with her husband, that she was pregnant but lost the child, they wanted another but it was not happening.

“Things were strained between her and her husband. The boy had paid her attention and she had let her guard down and started to talk to him.”

Her husband told the court how they had started trying for a baby after the summer holidays in 2018.

Barber claimed in evidence the boy was “infatuated and obsessed” with her but admitted to Snapchatting him “for a few weeks”.

The teacher also accused him of hacking her “My Eyes Only” folder in her Snapchat to get the graphic photos.

She denied three counts of causing or inciting a child aged under 16 years to engage in a sexual act.

Barber also pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual communication with a child, one count of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activities while in a position of trust and one count of causing a child to watch a sexual act by a person in a position of trust.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission