{"id":440147,"date":"2026-01-27T06:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/440147\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T06:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:45:08","slug":"mandurah-teacher-who-had-students-baby-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/440147\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandurah teacher who had student’s baby pleads guilty to sexual abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Western Australian teacher has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a student who police say fathered her baby.<\/p>\n

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing.<\/p>\n

Naomi Tekea Craig, 33, from Mandurah, south of Perth, was initially charged with four child sex offences against the boy, committed between 2024 and 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Those charges were two counts of sexually penetrating a child between 13 and 16 years old, persistently engaging in sexual conduct with a child under 16 and possessing child exploitation material.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

The matter was heard in the Mandurah courthouse. (ABC News: Mya Kordic)<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, she faced the Mandurah Magistrates Court on 11 new charges, including five counts of sexually penetrating a child under 13 and three counts of sexually penetrating a child between 13 and 16 years old.<\/p>\n

Her defence lawyer Reid Hogan told the court his client wished to plead guilty to all of the charges and successfully argued for her bail to be renewed.<\/p>\n

\"Defence<\/p>\n

Reid Hogan is Craig’s defence lawyer. (ABC News: Mya Kordic)<\/p>\n

“If they’re [bail conditions] breached…[that] will put you in a very difficult position,” Magistrate Clare Cullen said.<\/p>\n

Craig is set to face the Perth District Court on March 27 for a sentence mention.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last Wednesday, Police Commissioner Col Blanch said police believed a baby the woman gave birth to was fathered by a student she is accused of sexually assaulting.<\/p>\n

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