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Teaching Assistant, Partner Get 7-Year Sentences for Pupils’ Photos

4/29/2026

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Pamela Martin, a teaching assistant in South Yorkshire, was found guilty of photographing pupils and sharing the images with her partner, Christopher O’Kane.
Both Martin and O’Kane received seven-year prison sentences at Grimsby Crown Court and were placed on the lifetime sex-offender register.
Detectives seized O’Kane’s phone on 10 December 2025, finding messages that led to Martin’s arrest on 8 January 2026.

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Story summary

Pamela Martin, a teaching assistant in South Yorkshire, was found guilty of photographing pupils and sharing the images with her partner, Christopher O’Kane.
Both Martin and O’Kane received seven-year prison sentences at Grimsby Crown Court and were placed on the lifetime sex-offender register.
Detectives seized O’Kane’s phone on 10 December 2025, finding messages that led to Martin’s arrest on 8 January 2026.