A teaching assistant sent teenagers at the school where he worked a ‘sex questionnaire’ asking their bra sizes and whether they were virgins.
Kevin Doxey, who worked at Anthony Gell School in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, admitted four counts of engaging in sexual communication with a child at Derby Crown Court.
The 27-year-old also sent a photograph of his private parts to one of the victims along with a winking emoji and a message saying ‘wish you were here’, Derby Crown Court was told.
One of his victims told her parents about what he had sent her and they contacted the police, which led them to seize his phone and found more messages to other young girls.
Laura Blackband, prosecuting, said: ‘He obtained the Snapchat details of four girls who were all students at the school and sent a series of sexually charged messages to each of them.
‘The communication included a “sex questionnaire” which had a huge number of questions on them which we say could have led to possible sexual activity.‘
[Victim one] was 15 and she was very distressed by the questions. He would ask her to pick a number and would get her to answer the questions.
She initially said no but when she was on a sleepover he texted her a [sexually explicit] photograph of himself with a winking emoji and three kisses.
‘She showed it to one of her friends and she said, “You need to tell someone about it.
‘Three more victims were identified by police and said they were sent Doxey’s ‘sex questionnaire’.
Three more victims were identified by police and said they were sent Doxey’s ‘sex questionnaire’.
Ms Blackband said a second victim told of how Doxey asked her ‘weird stuff’ over Snapchat, like asking if he could come and pick her up in his car and whether she was a virgin.
Another girl said she had been sent ‘inappropriate’ Instagram messages by Doxey.
Ms Blackband added: ‘In the questionnaire, he asked questions such as her bra size and “what do you wear in bed?” She said she didn’t want to answer any of the questions but he replied, “You have to.”’
‘The final victim ignored the questionnaire but the defendant was said to have ‘badgered’ her, asking: ‘Are you going to answer them?’
Doxey was initially suspended from the school and then left, and was said to have gone to work in a supermarket.
Doxey pleaded guilty to four counts of engaging in sexual communication with a child.
Jailing Doxey for two years on Friday, Recorder Graham Huston said: ‘I have to deal with you as a persistent sexual predator who used his position of trust to exploit their vulnerabilities.
‘You have messed with the minds of these young women and you knew what you were doing was unlawful because you had undergone full safeguarding training.
‘I consider the witness statements and the victim personal statements of each complainant very carefully. You caused real harm to each one of them.’
Doxey, of Cromford Road in Wirksworth, will also be on the sex offender register for 10 years and was given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.
