An ex-teacher who sexually abused a student five decades ago has a high chance of her conviction being quas as it was based on a men-only law, a court has said.
After spending almost 15 months behind bars, an ex-teacher who sexually abused a student has a high chance of overturning her conviction because it was based on a law that applied solely to men.decision could make grandmother Gaye Grant the second former teacher to have her conviction on historical child sex abuse charges quashed because she is a woman.
After he tried to distance himself from the teacher in the late 1970s, she wrote to him saying she loved him. Pleading guilty to one count of being an adult maintaining an unlawful sexual relationship with a child, Grant was sentenced to a maximum prison term of six years and nine months, expiring on September 19, 2029.The 77-year-old has since launched an appeal, saying she was convicted for a charge under which she could "never lawfully be convicted".
However, the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal found Lam had been convicted based on a law in force at the time which did not apply to "conduct committed by a female upon a male".On March 1, Grant was granted bail and given leave to appeal her own conviction because of the Lam judgment.
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