Deborah Franklin, 65, who taught at a preparatory school in Hertfordshire, was convicted of eight counts of gross indecency against a boy in the 1990s while he was aged between nine and 12.
Abuse as a private tutor
Franklin became the boy's private tutor and subjected him to repeated sexual activity. Prosecutors said she removed her clothes in front of him, kissed him, got him to touch her and performed multiple sexual acts at his house and hers.
Franklin, of Radlett, Hertfordshire, denied the allegations, saying she could not remember tutoring the boy.
Specific allegations in court
Prosecutor Gavin Pottinger said the complainant claimed that on one occasion, Franklin, who was married at the time, tied him to her bed and blindfolded him. During another sex act, Franklin allegedly called out her husband's name. Pottinger also said that others had seen her in his bed at his house with no work being done.
