By Perry Duffin and Amber Schultz
A Sydney teacher has been accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student, the second criminal case in as many weeks to involve a woman accused of improper conduct with schoolboys.
Monique Nguyen, 28, a teacher from the city’s north-west, was arrested by detectives in late May.
Monique Nguyen worked with students both inside and outside the classroom.
She was charged with sexual intercourse with a young person under her special care.
The charge document alleges Nguyen had sex with the teenager in mid-April at Baulkham Hills, the suburb in which she lives.
The alleged male victim was 17 at the time, police court documents state.
School documents show Nguyen was employed as a relieving music teacher and worked with students inside and outside the classroom.
Her case has remained quietly before the courts since her arrest in May.
She was released on bail shortly after her arrest and was not required to appear before a magistrate when her matter returned to court on Thursday.
Nguyen’s case will return for a brief mention at Parramatta next month.
Another female teacher, Tayla Lee Brailey, 30, has been arrested and charged with similar offences in an unrelated case.
Tayla Brailey has been accused of having sex with students from the south-western Sydney school where she works.Credit: Louise Kennerley
Police allege Brailey had sex with students from the south-western Sydney school where she teaches.
The PE teacher was arrested at the school earlier this month and charged with abusing a single male student.
She was released on bail to live with her parents in the Illawarra region and must stay away from the suburb where her students go to school.
Last Friday, police visited her bail address and charged her with having sex with a second male student.
Both her alleged victims are aged 17 or under and were allegedly abused in July, sometimes at the school.
Prosecutors have told the courts Brailey’s position of authority made the case concerning, and she “informed the complainant not to speak about what had occurred”.
Legally, a student cannot consent to sex with their teacher.
The Department of Education stood Nguyen down once aware of the allegations. She will not be able to work in schools until the matter is finalised, but remains on “alternative duties”.
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