Boy, 14, ‘who had sex with teacher 30 times’ denies being ‘fantasist’ & claims she paraded around school in mini skirt

A TEEN who allegedly sex with his teacher up to 30 times denied he is a “fantasist” – and accused her of parading around school in a mini skirt. Sally-Anne Bowen, 65, is accused of abusing two boys at Christ’s College in Finchley, North London when they were aged 14 and 15 in the 1980s. Sally-Anne Bowen is accused of indecent behaviour with two pupils Credit: PA One of the boys said she wore short skirts and tight jeans Credit: PA The teacher – then aged 25 – allegedly “engaged in flirtatious conduct” with the pupils and “engaged in sexual relationships with them both”. Giving evidence at Harrow Crown Court, the 14-year-old told jurors he slept with Bowen “about 20 or 30 times”. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! He also denied being a “fantasist” who invented the allegations – branding the suggestion “quite insulting”. The boy claimed some of the sexual acts Bowen asked him to perform were “perverse”, adding: “I’m a ‘fantasist’, right? “That’s not a part of anyone’s ­fantasy, to be involved in perversion.” In a police interview, the boy said Bowen would dress in a “sexually provocative” way while teaching chemistry at the all-boys’ school. He described her outfits as “tight Levi’s jeans and black skinny pants that you could see everything in, and a black mini skirt”. The boy also told police how on one occasion, the boys were looking at a porn magazine when Bowen took it from them. Most read in The Sun Bowen taught chemistry at the all-boys’ school Credit: PA She allegedly compared herself to a porn mag modelCredit: Refer to source Jurors heard he expected her to confiscate but she instead “pointed to an image of a naked woman” and said “that’s what my p***y looks like”. Jurors heard Bowen went on to have sex with the first boy between 20 and 30 times and he believed they were in a relationship. The court heard the boy’s mum later became suspicious and called Bowen, who denied anything was happening. When the alleged relationship continued after the holidays, his mum called the school and was told Bowen was no longer working there with “no reason or explanation given”. Bowen later told the boy she was leaving the UK to stay at a kibbutz in Israel, the court heard. The boy first disclosed the alleged abuse to a partner, who told him to go to police. When Bowen was interviewed in 2015, she claimed he was a “bit of a nuisance” and “besotted” with her. Jurors heard she described the sexual relationship claims as “just pure fantasy”. As a result of the allegations, Bowen faced a Teaching Regulation Authority hearing in 2022. The teacher is also accused of letting the second boy touch her breasts and kiss her during lunch at a cafe near the school. Bowen allegedly kissed another pupil Credit: Central News She has denied the charges Credit: Central News The court heard he later read about the TRA hearing online and came forward after encouragement from his wife and family. He claimed he was “goaded” by other boys at the school into kissing “young and attractive” Bowen. The pupil also remembered touching her breasts and putting his hand near her crotch – to which “she would not react negatively”, it was said. Prosecutor Madeleine Wolfe said: “The prosecution case is that when Ms Bowen worked at the school, that she engaged in flirtatious conduct towards these two boys and she encouraged and engaged in sexual relationships with them both and they were 14 to 15-years-old. “The sexual abuse was notably worse to the first pupil who she engaged in acts of sexual intercourse. With the second pupil the abuse was limited to inappropriate kissing. “The prosecution do not suggest Ms Bowen forced herself on either boy. Viewed superficially, these boys may have appeared willing to engage in flirtatious and sexual activity. “But the prosecution remind you she was a teacher in a position of trust and authority. By flirting with them and engaging in sexual activity with them she exploited her position for her own sexual gratification. “As these boys were exploited in that way, any apparent agreement on their part was not genuine consent to the sexual activity. She denied any form of sexual activity, whether that’s kissing or sexual intercourse with either.” Bowen denies eight counts of indecent assault. The trial continues.