Teacher Kandice Barber, 35, found guilty of sexually abusing teenage boy

The husband of a teacher who sexually abused a 15-year-old student in a field saw red in court, yelling out as his wife was found guilty.

A teacher has been found guilty of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy – with her husband yelling, “It’s a joke” as the verdict was read, a court heard on Thursday.

Kandice Barber, 35, had sex with the pupil after kissing him on the neck and whispering: “What do you want to do now?”

The mum-of-three then “threatened” to bring the boy down if he reported her and falsely accuse him of rape, The Sun reports.

Barber was convicted of one count of causing/inciting a child to engage in sexual activity after a retrial at Amersham Law Courts, on Thursday.

The verdict, which took jurors 10 hours and 39 minutes to reach, related to having sex with the boy in a field.

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Kandice Barber has been convicted of having sex with a teen pupil. Picture: Supplied

Her husband Daniel yelled, “It’s a joke,” as the verdict was read out while Barber showed no emotion.

She was warned “custody is inevitable” as she was released on bail ahead of sentencing which is set for February 15.

The starting point for sentencing is five years in jail.

Barber was cleared of two other counts of causing/inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

This related to allegations of engaging in a sex act with the teenager in her 4WD on the driveway of her home in Wendover, Bucks, and performing a sex act on him in woodland.

She was previously found guilty of sending him a sexually explicit video of herself.

Barber was also convicted after her first trial last year of messaging a topless picture to the boy on Snapchat.

Barber pictured leaving court with her husband after he branded her conviction ‘a joke’. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

‘SEXUAL’ MESSAGES

Jurors heard how the teacher began messaging the pupil in 2018 after taking his phone number at a school sports day prize-giving event.

Their texts soon turned “sexual” and Barber later picked him up in her car before driving to a field.

Barber then had sex with the boy in the secluded area.

The teacher continued to send the boy sexual texts – even while teaching him in class.

One message read: “You cannot make me blush when I am teaching now, poker face.”

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

The boy also showed a friend a shower selfie showing Barber’s face and a picture of the supply teacher bending over a bed.

And he told one classmate, “I shagged her,” when describing their outdoor sexual encounter.

Barber and her husband. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

WEB SEARCHES

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 she only googled “alibi” because she was trying to find out the name of the film Fatal Attraction.

Rumours soon began to swirl around the school with Barber telling the boy she would “bring him down with her” if the relationship was discovered.

She also encouraged him to delete messages she had sent although the pupil kept photographs of some of the more explicit texts.

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

But the boy denied having sex with her at first – claiming he was worried about his baby being born in prison as Barber had told him she was pregnant.

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The mum – pictured at her wedding – was arrested in March last year. Picture: Facebook

‘STRONG’ MARRIAGE

The teacher also claimed they never had sex and instead said her baby, which she later lost after suffering an ectopic pregnancy, was fathered by her husband.

Barber’s defence team also tried to claim she was too small for the sex position described by the boy and that her schedule was “too busy”.

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

In a written statement, Barber said: “I categorically deny that I have ever had sexual intercourse with this boy.

“I have never seen him naked and he has never seen me naked.”

Her husband also defended Barber in court – telling jurors their marriage is as “strong” as ever.

Barber and her husband on their wedding day. Picture: Supplied

Mr Barber, who previously referred to his wife as his “rock”, said he was unaffected by his wife’s conviction for sending X-rated pictures.

The delivery driver added: “Our relationship is how it is today, it has never changed. We have always been good and we have always been strong.

“When my wife is on the phone, I am not one of those people who constantly looks at her to see who she is on the phone to. I have full faith in her.”

‘SAVVY’

But Richard Milne, prosecuting, said Barber was too “savvy” to be caught up in the fake rumours she claimed the teen was spreading.

“Mrs Barber is smart, she is not a fool, she is savvy, she is an adult, she is a teacher, she was in a teaching role at the school,” he said.

“Was she being given the run-around by this boy simply making all of this up?”

He added: “She is smart, members of the jury, she did not forget. She was trying to pull the wool over your eyes.”

Jurors last year at Aylesbury Crown Court were unable to reach verdicts on three charges of causing or inciting a child aged under 16 to engage in a sexual act.

Barber was acquitted of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activities while in a position of trust at her previous trial.

She accused the boy of being infatuated with her. Picture: Facebook

She was previously convicted of sexual communication with a child and causing a child to watch a sexual act by a person in a position of trust.

Jennie Laskar-Hall of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “Barber used her position as a teacher and as a trusted member of the community to abuse a teenage boy in her care.

“The messages were crucial to our case as they showed Barber had initiated contact with the teenager and pursued him, even threatening him when the school investigation began.

“Denying what she had done, Barber has forced the teenager and his family to go through a trial, and I want to commend him for providing the vital evidence we needed to secure today’s conviction.”

Barber will next appear in court on Friday for a bail hearing.

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