A former Commonwealth Games athlete has been jailed for sexually assaulting a schoolgirl whilst he worked as a teaching assistant.
Kevin Sempers, 29, started a sexual relationship with the 14-year-old student at Uxbridge High School after she sent him a message over Facebook.
Sempers, who worked 30 hours a week as a learning support assitant, kissed and "sexually touched" the teenager outside school between April 20 and May 1, Scotland Yard said.
He was jailed for 18 months at Isleworth Crown Court today after admitting two counts of sexual activity with a child on the second day of his trial.
Detective Constable Andrea Lenihan, who led the investigation, said Sempers had "seriously abused his position of trust".
She said: "As a teaching assistant and an athlete he should have been setting his pupils a good example, rather than taking advantage of their vulnerability.
"Quite rightly, his action will have a devastating impact on his career."
Sempers, of Ferndale Crescent, Uxbridge, previously came fourth in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games decathlon.
