Teacher jailed for having sex with pupil, 15, accused husband of destroying marriage

The ex-husband of a teacher who was locked up for having sex with a 15-year-old pupil has told how she accused him of destroying their marriage.

Kandice Barber told her former partner Daniel he had 'broken her heart' after he moved on with a new girlfriend when she was jailed for six years, the Mirror reports. He had previously supported her through her trial and vowed to stay by her side while she was locked up, but the couple are now divorced.

Barber was jailed for six years and two months in March 2021 after being found guilty of grooming a child. A court heard how she took the pupil to a field, kissed him on the neck and asked him: "What do you want to do now?"

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The 37-year-old, from Buckinghamshire, then had sex with the boy, although she later threatened to falsely accuse him of rape if he reported her. Daniel stuck by his ex-wife during the trial as she protested her innocence.

The 40-year-old is now expecting a baby boy in the autumn with his new partner. Daniel told Femail: "Until you're in that position when it's your wife or your husband and you're living that life, you don't know what you're going to do.

"She was adamant she was innocent. I loved her and I believed her."

The dad, who has two teenagers of his own, says he was also concerned about splitting up Barber's three children, whom she had from two previous relationships. He initially took them to visit her in prison, but now hasn't seen her for almost a year.

Daniel told of his struggle dealing with the backlash that followed Barber's arrest and claims she maintained her innocence while in prison. But he had doubts and says he 'began to see her differently' when she