Female ballet teacher 'abducted teenage pupil and had sex with him'



A ballet teacher allegedly abducted a male pupil and had sex with him during a three-month affair.

Sarah Pirie, 27, who has choreographed stage shows across Britain and has appeared in TV soaps Hollyoaks and Waterloo Road, is accused of taking the boy, aged 15, to hotels where she seduced him.

Yesterday Scots-born Pirie, formerly of St Annes, Lancashire, appeared before magistrates in Blackpool in relation to the claims.

Ballet teacher: Sarah Pirie allegedly abducted a male pupil and had sex with him during a three-month affair

She faces five charges of intentionally sexually touching the boy, who is training to be a ballet dancer, but cannot be named for legal reasons.

Banker's daughter Pirie, formerly a teacher at a dance school on the Fylde Coast, is alleged to have taken the teenager to hotels in Manchester for sex.

She is accused of committing the offences between March and June last year and is also charged with abducting the teenage pupil from Blackpool on one occasion in May.

Pirie, who is now living in Mamer, Luxembourg, spoke only to confirm her name and address at the two minute hearing.

Her lawyer, Trevor Colebourne, told the court his client would be pleading not guilty to all the charges.

Prosecutor Pam Smith asked for the case to be heard at crown court.

The chairman of the bench granted Pirie bail to April 30 when her case will be committed to the higher court.

Pirie, whose father is a wealthy banker in Luxembourg, trained at the Hammond School in Chester, before launching her career as a dancer and choreographer.

Originally from Leuchars, near Dundee, Pirie has starred in and choreographed various musicals and pantomimes across the country.



