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A chemistry teacher has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage pupils at an all-boys school in the late 1980s.
Sally-Anne Bowen, who taught at Christ's College in Finchley, north London, assaulted the boys when they were aged around 14 to 15 and she was in her mid-20s.
On Thursday, a jury at Harrow Crown Court found the 65-year-old guilty of seven counts of indecent assault.
One complainant told the court he had sex with the teacher "about 20 or 30 times" over several months. He said he visited her at home, considered her his girlfriend and had fallen in love with her.
During the trial, Bowen claimed the allegations were a "total fabrication" and that she had a medical condition which, in the late 1980s, had not been diagnosed, which made sexual intercourse difficult and painful for her.
Bowen, of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, was granted bail. She will be sentenced on November 20.
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