Overview
- Leland was sentenced at Reading Crown Court to three years and three months, serving half in custody and the rest on licence, with indefinite sex offender notification and a ban on working with children.
- The offences occurred in 2012 when Leland was 23 and the pupil was 16, including assaults at the teacher’s accommodation and during a school trip.
- Sentencing remarks emphasized the teacher–student power imbalance and found the victim has suffered long‑lasting psychological harm.
- The case was reported to Thames Valley Police in 2020 and investigated by its Child Abuse Investigation Unit, whose officer praised the victim’s courage in coming forward.
- A jury convicted Leland of three counts on October 14, 2025, while acquitting him of numerous other charges, and Eton’s headmaster issued an unreserved apology on behalf of the school.