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Boy scared off by baby talk, teacher trial

A Sydney teacher "freaked out" a student she was allegedly having a sexual relationship with by talking about wanting children, a court's been told.

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A Sydney school teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a male student wanted the boy to meet her parents, a court has heard.

The 30-year-old woman, who can't be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of having sexual intercourse with the teenager who was under her care.

A school friend of the former student told the District Court on Tuesday that the then 17-year-old had told him details of the relationship during their final year of school in 2005.

"He said that they hooked up in the car and that they were messaging each other," the student said.

"He said she wanted him to meet her parents.

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"He said he was freaked out and he stopped talking to her from that stage."

The District Court trial has already heard the Catholic school teacher, then aged 22, did not teach the boy, but got to know him after they both attended a weekend outing at Luna Park to celebrate the girls' team reaching the finals.

The former student, now aged 25, told the court on Monday that the teacher picked him up on a side street near his home several times and drove him to a secluded area near a soccer stadium where they engaged in sexual acts.

He told the court that after the teacher began talking about wanting to have children one day he got scared and suggested they should just be friends.

After the meetings ended, there was no more contact between them for the rest of the school year, he said.

The trial continues before Judge Leonie Flannery.


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