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Teacher sentenced to life for rape of Gr 8 learner
Cape Argus
|May 20, 2025
A WORCESTER teacher has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a Grade 8 learner in his classroom.
According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) as her life orientation teacher, he had built her trust through social media.
The State proved that on February 7, 2020, Jeremy Claasen raped the learner inside of his classroom.
Acting Worcester Regional Court prosecutor Cornelius Prinsloo led evidence which revealed that Claasen, 38, was her life orientation teacher in Grade 8.
Claasen started chatting with her on social media platforms when she joined the school in Grade 7.
He built up a relationship of trust and won her affection to the point where she felt comfortable around him.
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