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A 15-year-old boy convicted of sexual assault againsnt a girl in a classroom has been allowed to continue to attend the same school as his victim who is forced to 'pretend he is not there'.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons was put on the sex offenders register after being found guilty of two counts of sexual assault.

The boy was allowed to remain at the school whilst awaiting prosecution and was then tried at a youth court almost a year after the assault.

He was given a restraining order and told not to contact or approach his victim.The school said it followed all procedures correctly, however the victim now has to share corridors with the boy who assaulted her.

Speaking to the BBC the victim said: 'I have to just keep my head down, pretend he's not there, otherwise it makes me panic.'

'It was known that boy was very 'hands on' with girls. He started making comments about me, touching my legs and putting his hands on me.

'Then gradually he started putting his hands up my skirt, touching my chest and I kept telling him to stop.'

The victim said she wanted to leave but that she felt as though she couldn't do anything and that she was 'powerless'.

Now the victim's family, from Essex, has said that they do not believe the youngster should be allowed to stay at the school.

Her mother said: 'I think the day he was found guilty he should have been excluded. He should not be allowed near my daughter or any woman right now. I worry every single day, even now. I don't feel the boy was adequately punished at all.'

Data from a freedom of information request put forward by the BBC revealed that at least 6,289 sexual assaults took place in and around schools between 2015 and 2017 - and there was a 60% rise across those three years.

This may include assaults on staff as well as pupils and was supplied by 26 of the

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