Ex-teacher awaits sentence
Christopher Cunningham 58, was due to be sentenced at Livingston Sheriff Court yesterday.
But the case was put back a week to allow his advocate to attend and submit a formal plea to the sheriff not to send the shamed art teacher to jail.
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Hide AdCunningham, of Leith Walk had been a teacher for nearly 20 years before the offences came to light in August 2009.
The married father of two had sex with the teenagers while in the woods and on a camping trip.
He also took the youngsters to a beach and even to his mother's home for sex. He admitted breaching his position of trust as a teacher by having sex with the pupils, who were 16 when the offences started.