A Karate instructor has been sentenced to jail after seducing a teenage girl and having regular sex with her.
Jaspal Riat met Dana Baker when she was 13 years old at his Birmingham karate school.
The 48 year old groomed the teenage virgin into having a sexual relationship with him.
But after the relationship ended, Dana commited sucide in March of this year, aged just 16.
Riat denied two charges of raping his former student, one charge of sexual assault and eight of sexual activity.
He was cleared of the rape allegations and of sexual activity – but was convicted by the jury of the other eight charges.
Judge Jamie Tabor said that Riat had identified Dana as a lonely child from a “vulnerable” and unhappy family background and took advantage of that for his own gain.
He also said that Riat lost interest in Dana and left her in a “dishonourable and callous” fashion when it became clear that she was falling in love with him.
