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07-27-2012, 09:33 PM
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A teacher has been convicted of having sex with two students and faces spending the rest of her life in jail.
Christy Lee Smith was also found guilty of possessing child pornography after indecent photos of one of her underage lovers was found on her cell phone.
The 34-year-old also took photos of herself having sex with one of the teens.
Police in Pennsylvania fear there could be other victims of Smith who carried on relationships with the students over a two-year period.
One of the victims testified at her trial that they would have sex four or five times a week.
Smith met one of her victims, who was aged 15, at McCaskey High School where she was an English teacher. She met the other student, who was aged 17, at a dance.
The court heard that the relationship with the teens lasted from 2008 to October 2010 when a police investigation was launched.
Smith had been giving her youngest victim extra tuition and staff at the High School said they believed the relationship had become too close.
They said Smith was 'flirty' with the teen and were worried about how close they had become.
The teen told the court he would have sex with Smith at her home.
The other teen told police he met Smith at a dance and even though they knew the sexual relationship was wrong continued to meet.
Smith showed no emotion at Lancaster County Court after a jury found her guilty on 18 of 22 counts.
The eldest McCaskey victim, who is now 19 and in jail on an unrelated charged, watched in handcuffs under the guard of two deputy sheriffs.
He glanced at Smith, but otherwise showed no reaction to the verdict.
Smith had a short conversation with attorney Merrill Spahn before she was led out of the room in handcuffs.
Judge Dennis Reinaker, who will sentence Smith in three months, warned her that she faces maximum penalties that could span the rest of her life.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2177336/Female-teacher-faces-life-prison-having-sex-students-possessing-child-pornography.html#ixzz21rRvuCng
A teacher has been convicted of having sex with two students and faces spending the rest of her life in jail.
Christy Lee Smith was also found guilty of possessing child pornography after indecent photos of one of her underage lovers was found on her cell phone.
The 34-year-old also took photos of herself having sex with one of the teens.
Police in Pennsylvania fear there could be other victims of Smith who carried on relationships with the students over a two-year period.
One of the victims testified at her trial that they would have sex four or five times a week.
Smith met one of her victims, who was aged 15, at McCaskey High School where she was an English teacher. She met the other student, who was aged 17, at a dance.
The court heard that the relationship with the teens lasted from 2008 to October 2010 when a police investigation was launched.
Smith had been giving her youngest victim extra tuition and staff at the High School said they believed the relationship had become too close.
They said Smith was 'flirty' with the teen and were worried about how close they had become.
The teen told the court he would have sex with Smith at her home.
The other teen told police he met Smith at a dance and even though they knew the sexual relationship was wrong continued to meet.
Smith showed no emotion at Lancaster County Court after a jury found her guilty on 18 of 22 counts.
The eldest McCaskey victim, who is now 19 and in jail on an unrelated charged, watched in handcuffs under the guard of two deputy sheriffs.
He glanced at Smith, but otherwise showed no reaction to the verdict.
Smith had a short conversation with attorney Merrill Spahn before she was led out of the room in handcuffs.
Judge Dennis Reinaker, who will sentence Smith in three months, warned her that she faces maximum penalties that could span the rest of her life.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2177336/Female-teacher-faces-life-prison-having-sex-students-possessing-child-pornography.html#ixzz21rRvuCng