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A female deputy head teacher who giggled as she abused a child aged under 13 has been banned from teaching for life.
Julie Morris, now 46, was working at St George's Central Primary School in Tyldesley, near Wigan, where she was the 'safeguarding lead' when she carried out acts of 'grave sexual depravity' with her mechanic boyfriend.
A court heard she and David Morris, 52, had met on dating website Plenty of Fish in 2016 and their relationship quickly became 'intensely sexual.'
Around 175,000 pages of chat logs, analysed by Merseyside Police, revealed that the pair had sick conversations about their fantasies and sexually abusing children.
Between 2018 and 2021, both defendants, who were not married but have the same surname, abused a girl aged under 13, on numerous occasions.
David Morris would often record the vile abuse on his mobile phone and the videos showed Julie Morris giggling as the abuse took place, the court heard.
After the court case concluded, a panel ruled that Morris's offending was 'deliberate and sustained' and there is a 'real risk' of reoffending as they declared that she would not be able to return to the profession.
Julie Morris and David Morris (both pictured) had met on dating website Plenty of Fish in 2016 and their relationship quickly became 'intensely sexual'
Between 2018 and 2021, both defendants (pictured), who were not married but have the same surname, abused a girl aged under 13, on numerous occasions
Morris was Deputy Headteacher and Safeguarding Lead at St George's Central CofE Primary in Tyldesley. None of the criminal charges were linked to Morris' employment or the school
None of the criminal charges were linked to Morris' employment or the school, however she did take photographs of pupils and send them to her partner. Police said the images were not indecent, or criminal in nature, and there was 'no evidence that any of the children were harmed.'
Their abuse of the girl was uncovered in September 2021 when police followed phone messages David Morris had shared with another person arrested, earlier that year, and officers raided his police raided home in Sandfield Road in the Eccleston area of St Helens.
He was arrested and bailed with conditions. However the following day, police received information about Morris and his partner Julie Morris having committed sexual offences against a child and that the couple were planning to go on the run.
They were tracked down to an address in Hindley, Wigan, and found the following day with a campervan packed with their belongings and 10,000 in cash.
Before passing sentence at Liverpool Crown Court in December 2021, Judge Andrew Menary said: 'I see many cases involving the dreadful abuse of children, but every now and again we see cases, the circumstances of which are almost beyond belief. This is one of those cases. Sadly, it demonstrates that human depravity really knows no depths.'
A panel ruled that Morris would not be able to return to the teaching profession for life
Julie Morris, who admitted 18 sexual offences, including two counts of rape, and was jailed for 13 years and four months, with an extended four
