Jailed: Houston teacher who became pregnant after 'near daily' sex with 13-year-old pupil

Jailed: Alexandria Vera
Montgomery County Jail
Mark Chandler14 January 2017

A teacher who became pregnant after "near daily" sex with a 13-year-old pupil has been jailed for 10 years.

Alexandria Vera, 24, met the eighth grade student in a summer school English class in 2015.

Last January she became pregnant by the teen but had an abortion after being questioned by officials about the relationship, the Daily News reported.

The teacher, who worked at Aldine Independent School District in Houston, Texas, told police she and the boy were in love.

Teacher: Alexandria Vera arrives in court
AP

It was also claimed she was introduced to the teen’s family as his girlfriend and they had let their son stay over at her house.

According to investigators, the pair had sex on a "near daily" basis over a nine month period.

She briefly went on the run when news of the fling surfaced, sparking a police hunt, before eventually turning herself in.

After initially facing a longer prison term for sexual abuse, she received a lesser sentence on Friday for pleading guilty to a lesser charge, local media reported.

Sentencing her to a decade behind bars, State District Judge Michael McSpadden said: "We want our teachers to educate our children.

"To keep their hands off our children, to prepare them for the future."

The boy is currently in foster care.

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