The 39-year-old hugged and kissed the pre-teen girl in what a judge described as a "horrific mistake" and breach of trust.
primary school teacher has been sentenced to 11 months home detention after pleading guilty to a representative charge of an indecent act with a child.
Jarmey had befriended the girl's family and offered to pick her up and take her to extra-curricular activities.reported.In Rotorua District Court on Thursday, Jarmey's lawyer, Andrew Schulze, said his client had made a "horrific mistake", and the situation was a "tragedy of Shakespearean proportions".
"Reflecting on the situation I recognise that the mentorship friendship was blurred, became messy. It was not a romantic relationship. When she wanted more of my time I should have backed away but I didn't," Jarmey wrote.
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