Update: 3/28/10

After 18 months of withstanding salacious gossip, British teacher Teresa McKenzie was found not guilty of having an affair with one of her disturbed students.

McKenzie, who was accused of seducing the 16-year-old boy, endured an 11-day trial. Last week, after less than an hour’s deliberation the teacher was delighted when a jury unanimously found her not guilty.

Although she was found not guilty of having the affair with her student, McKenzie admitted to making poor judgment by sending 600 texts messages, phone calls and love letters to the teenager.

In one of her letters McKenzie wrote, “I long to see you, such sweet anticipation makes my heart race…I love you forever.”  In another she wrote, “Dreaming of hiring a pirate ship and sailing across the seven seas, finding a deserted beach, just palm trees and lapping waves, soft sand and hot sun.  What do you think?  Would you like to come? Ah, it would be bliss, even for one day, to play….I will love you forever and ever and ever XXXXXXXX.”

Original story

A British court heard how a deputy at a school for kids with special needs had sex with one of her students at least four times in the toilet of the British Library

It is alleged that 39-year-old Teresa McKenzie started a 14-month sexual relationship with the boy when he was 16-years-old.

Chester Crown Court heard how McKenzie phoned and emailed the teenager at least 600 times, and provided him with condones for their sexual encounters.

In one of the emails, McKenzie wrote, “I am dreaming of hiring a pirate ship with you and sailing across the seven seas.  We could find a deserted island with just palms trees and lapping waves and hot sun….I will love you forever and ever and ever.”

When questioned by authorities about the letters, McKenzie allegedly said they were to support the teenager, who is “a very trouble young man.”

McKenzie and the teenager met in February 2006 when she began working at the Cheshire special school.

It is alleged that the teenager soon became infatuated with the much older woman and followed her around “like a lost dog.”

Prosecutors said the relationship culminated in August 2008 when McKenzie had sex with the boy, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and emotionally disturbed behavior, in the toilets of the British Library.

Authorities said McKenzie had told the boy’s mother she loved him and would resign from her job.

The case continues……