NSW: School principal jailed for sex with 16-year-old student

By EducationHQ News Team
Published November 20, 2009

frankb SYDNEY - A former high school principal faces just nine months more in jail after being sentenced on Friday for having ...

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NSW: School principal jailed for sex with 16-year-old student

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