A teacher who had sexual relationship with a 'vulnerable' 16 years old pupil has been jailed for two years. Amardip Bhopari, who is the daughter of Birmingham based legendary Punjabi singer Malkit Singh MBE admitted to three counts of sexual activity with a child at the Birmingham Crown Court. She was also ordered to be placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years.
The court reportedly heard that Bhopari, 28, had plied the victim with alcohol and slept with him at many places, including in a car, an industrial estate and as well as the school art room.
Amardip who began teaching at a school for children with learning difficulties in 2012, had confessed to the charges and was arrested in December 2013. She was sentenced on Friday. Her father has remained incommunicado ever since news of the case spread.
According to reports, Amardip's relationship with the 16-year-old boy, who suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia, started just before Valentine's Day in 2013.
The court was told that the boy, who cannot be named due to his age, had handed Bhopari his phone number during an art class. Bhopari is then said to have called the boy later that day to have a “sexual” conversation before the relationship got under way.
Prosecutors have reportedly said that Bhopari had continued to “pester” the boy for sex even after he had told her that he did not want to be in the relationship. Bhopari’s lawyers said she had been “in love” with the boy but was “full of remorse” for her actions.
On Sunday it also reportedly emerged that Bhopari’s father, who was made an MBE in the 2008 New Year’s Honours List, had de-activated his Twitter and Facebook accounts after he was repeatedly tagged on Twitter as news of the case was revealed.
