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Technical Drawing teacher sent to prison for 12 months!

Allegedly squeezed a student’s buttocks
Roach will spend the next 12 months in prison.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A 42 year-old Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) teacher will spend the next 12 months in prison for the alleged indecent assault of a 13 year-old female student.

Bentley Roach whose trial concluded last November, looked stoic when Magistrate Tamia Richards rendered her decision on Friday, April 20, 2012.

According to court records, the technical drawing teacher had allegedly caressed the palms of the student, hugging her and squeezing her left butt cheek in his office.

The incident allegedly occurred on May 25, 2011 after the student had gone to talk to Roach of an altercation that had occurred between her and another ESHS student.

Roach is a married man with five children and lived in the Virgin Islands for over a decade. He hails from Barbados.

He was represented by Patrick Thompson.

16 Responses to “Technical Drawing teacher sent to prison for 12 months!”

  • mother hen (22/04/2012, 11:54) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    My god he did what?
  • billy b (22/04/2012, 12:18) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    hmm, dem bajan ain ez yuh nuh
    • billy b (22/04/2012, 12:21) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      if he get 12 mths for squeezing buttucks, dj need 12 years!!!!! Now das the one I waiting on!!!!! Anything less than five years, the justice system will prove itself to be a joke.
      • london (22/04/2012, 22:32) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        Lawd ah mussy ayo leave commodoor alone know dey bouy done say aint he dis terry
    • release (22/04/2012, 14:08) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Lawd do not go there because dem vinceee tis dey same
      • Hollowee (23/04/2012, 06:59) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        Mr. Roache should know the difference between a girl and a woman and the dos and donot at the school!
  • Wow (22/04/2012, 13:01) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    Advances were made by this man to another Elmore Stoutt High School student who put him in his place and promised to call the police and she received a C+ when she was getting A+ in her exams. The mother made representation to one of the Assistant Principals and nothing came of it. I hope that this will be looked into further.
  • Polo (22/04/2012, 14:07) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Teachers are the persons we trust with our children this is unbelievable! I have to take my children to private schools.
    • Valley Girl (22/04/2012, 19:23) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      My dear, teachers are every where, public system and private schools. Don't assume your child cannot be abused or harassed in a private school.
    • strupes (23/04/2012, 04:45) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      So private schools don't have teachers?
    • Elli (23/04/2012, 09:32) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Wow..."Polo" are you serious with your nonsensical comment?? :S Think before you write please!
  • tolian (22/04/2012, 15:55) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    deport him asap
    • xray (23/04/2012, 06:43) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      i was about to write the same thing..send he rass back to barbados from meking sports
  • TIME (23/04/2012, 05:16) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    If his trial concluded last November, why is he only now being sentenced?
  • nuff said (23/04/2012, 16:11) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    he was and has always been out of place!...I believe the child, that's how he is!
  • question (23/04/2012, 17:40) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    me taught dem bajah man was ta ta


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