"I trusted him completely because I had known him since primary school. When he started to touch me I felt confused, embarrassed, ashamed, betrayed and disgusted. Emem took advantage of me when I was at my most vulnerable, when I was reaching out for help and protection. The betrayal by someone I saw as safe has left scars."
"Your actions were predatory, directed against girls who had been referred or come directly to you because they were having problems in their lives and/or in the school where you were working as a learning mentor. In each case it was a flagrant, gross breach of trust."
Emem Udaw, 51, a former learning mentor at Holland Park School in Kensington, was jailed for eight years after being convicted of 14 counts of indecent assault on a girl under 16, relating to 47 incidents between 2002 and 2005. Five vulnerable teenage girls who sought his support were abused; one victim was 13 at the time. Courts found he exploited positions of trust and vulnerability. He was placed on the sex offenders register for life and given a 20-year sexual harm prevention order. Victims described confusion, shame and lasting scars from betrayal.
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