Australia: Teacher, 31, who had secret sex with 'vulnerable' student, 16, avoids jail

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'A female teacher has avoided jail despite admitting to having sex with her 16-year-old student in the backseat of her car.

Monique Ooms, 31, from Maffra in Victoria, Australia, pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual penetration of a child under her supervision and care at Latrobe Valley County Court.

Judge John Smallwood said he wouldn't send her to jail despite her having faced a maximum sentence of 10 years inside.

The court previously heard how the teen had snuck out in the middle of the night to sleep with the teacher.

The lad was in a "vulnerable situation emotionally" after losing a close friend in a car crash a week prior.

Judge Smallwood - who admitted to never having dealt with a similar case - made a number of odd comments, saying he didn't know if the child had been harmed by her predatory behaviour.'