Married teacher, 35, accused of having sex with 15-year-old pupil tells jury she only Googled the word 'alibi' because she was trying to look up the film Fatal Attraction

A woman schoolteacher accused of having a love affair with a boy pupil, was actually looking for the name of the movie Fatal Attraction when she Google-searched the word 'alibi,' a jury was told today. 

Kandice Barbar, 35, claimed during her cross-examination in court today that the only reason she had a long Google search history regarding her boy romance, was to jog her memory.

The married teacher is on trial for alleged sex with a 15-year-old boy who was a pupil at the school in Buckinghamshire, where she taught.

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Kandice Barber, of Wendover, Buckinghamshire, said the the boy had pestered her after she gave him her phone number so he could discuss a problem 

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Daniel Barber arrived at Aylesbury Crown Court today after the jury heard how his wife Kandice had had multiple phone conversations with the complainant 

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Kandice Barber (left) is accused of meeting up for sex with a schoolboy three times in 2018 - in a field, in woods and in her 4x4 - as well as sending topless pictures of herself to him on Snapchat. Barber denies the allegations and claims her account was hacked 

The jury heard that on September 30, 2018 at 5.08am, Barber had searched 'what is the name of someone you are having an affair with?' and the word 'alibi' before Googling 20 seconds later 'when you have a plan of where you have been'.

The next day, the defendant searched 'a lie of where you have been,' before later looking up 'good secluded areas,' and 'Holiday Inn, Wycombe'.

In the witness box, Barber explained: 'I was up at 5am as my mum and I were going to set up a car boot sale. On the way there was a name of a film that was bugging me, so I googled those words. We were trying to remember the film name.

'I thought the name had something to do with adultery but it turned out to be the film Fatal Attraction.'

The defendant added that she had Googled the hotel for her son's father to stay in while he visited and 'good secluded areas' was in relation to wanting to take her Labrador dog for a walk off the lead as he 'absolutely loves lakes'.

Barber stands accused of meeting up with one of her 15-year-old pupils for sex on three occasions in late 2018. One of the alleged incidents took place in a field, while the second reportedly took place in woodland and the final incident is alleged to have taken place in her 4x4 car. 

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Barber told the court she had googled the word 'alibi' because she was trying to remember the name of the film Fatal Attraction, featuring Glenn Close, pictured

After rumours about the pair's relationship spread throughout Princes Risborough Secondary School, Barber was arrested at school and claimed the allegations were complete fiction.

At Aylesbury Crown Court, Judge Francis Sheridan told the defendant that although the boy had called her three times, the majority of phone calls had been started by her to which the 35-year-old retorted: 'A lot of the time I am calling because he has contacted me on Snapchat saying "call me call me".

'Now I think he was clearly infatuated and obsessed with me. For me it was all perfectly innocent conversation.'

The court heard that Barber had begged the boy to delete the messages between them following rumours that had floated around in school and at a meeting with the head teacher, Nicholas Simms.

She told the court: 'At one point I asked the boy to delete messages between us because I was concerned about losing my job. My eldest son had got wind of the rumours, he is the type of person who would ask to see my phone.'

Prosecutor Richard Milne questioned: 'He has gone to all this trouble to create a fictitious relationship between the two of you. He has messaged himself to create this fantasy relationship with you?' 

Her husband Daniel Barber is expected to give evidence later in the trial. 

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Daniel Barber arrived at Aylesbury Crown Court today after the jury heard how his wife Kandice had had multiple phone conversations with the complainant

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Kandice Barber, right, arrives at Aylesbury Crown Court, Buckinghamshire, left, where she is appearing accused of engaging in illegal sexual activity with a 15-year-old boy

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The court also heard that Barber had searched the word 'alibi' and 'good secluded areas' into Google, and had had multiple phone conversations with the student , according to police  

Earlier, the court heard Barber is alleged to have sent the boy a message claiming the youngster's penis was larger than her husband's.  

Prosecutors told a jury how Barber suggested she might be pregnant with the boy's child, which kept him quiet about the affair because he did not want his child to be born in prison.

Barber had later implied she would accuse the boy complainant of raping her if he told the headmaster, at the school where she worked and he studied, about the affair, it was claimed.

The court heard evidence from one of the schoolboy victim's close friends who said he'd seen messages from the woman teacher.

'First I didn't believe it at all, then I started seeing the videos and messages and all that, I was like "yeah, it's probably true",' the witness said.

'The messages said that he (the complainant) had a bigger penis than her husband.'

She denies three counts of causing or inciting a child aged under 16 to engage in a sexual act, one count of sexual communication with a child, one count of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activities while in a position of trust, and one count of causing a child to watch a sexual act by a person in a position of trust.  

The trial continues.

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The 35-year-old cover supervisor at Princes Risborough School told jurors yesterday that the boy threatened to have her sacked if she cut off contact with him