If you were Miss White’s pet it felt good.. but now I feel disgusted
Boy claims teacher kissed him in store cupboard
AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy told police of his disgust over a “manipulative” teacher who he claims took advantage of him, a court has heard.
He said Carol Ann White, 39, who is accused of sex acts with pupils, kissed him in a store cupboard.
He added: “She was manipulative. I thought she was a good person who would do nothing wrong but you can’t judge a book by its cover.
“For the last year I’ve felt like I had to protect her because I thought she was this nice person – but she really wasn’t.”
Jurors were shown a video interview in which the 11-year-old boy also told police: “I’m here because of a teacher who I thought was really nice but was actually weird.”
He added: “If you were Miss White’s teacher’s pet then she would favour you.
“It felt quite good. Looking back, I feel disgusted.”
White, who is on trial at Airdrie Sheriff Court, branded the claims untrue. She is alleged to have engaged in sexual activity with two schoolboys and is accused of being intimate with them while employed at two different Lanarkshire primary schools.
White, of Uddingston, has pled not guilty to two separate charges between August 2018 and May 2020.
The mum of two told the court she had been a teacher since 2010 and “no concerns” had been raised about her classroom ability.
She added that she had previously been rated as a “high standard practising teacher” following an inspection. Prosecutors claim she forced a 12-year-old boy, who has special educational needs, to put his hand down the front of her trousers.
It is also alleged she kissed another male pupil while the pair were alone in a school store cupboard.
But, under questioning from defence advocate Graham Robertson, White said: “It is absolutely not true.
“That PE cupboard was frequented by loads of children and adults, and I can’t even recall a day where I was in that cupboard with him.
“We could have been in there and I’ve forgotten about it but, as for the kiss, absolutely nothing of that nature took place.”
Asked by her lawyer if she took “sexual gratification” from contact with young males, White replied: “Absolutely not.”
All the alleged offences are said to have happened in the Time Capsule water park in Coatbridge, an outdoor activity centre near Oban and at White’s home.
The trial, before Sheriff Morag Shankland, continues.