Keith William Eshman's Wollongong District Court trial began on Monday, June 24. He denies the allegations and has pleaded not guilty to five charges.
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00:00An Illawarra primary school teacher is facing a trial accused of repeatedly touching and
00:05sexually abusing a student in the classroom.
00:08Keith William Eshman has pleaded not guilty to five charges.
00:12It's alleged the 37-year-old made the student lie down in what the girl told police was
00:16a secret corner of the classroom, where he would abuse her over the course of two months.
00:21Eshman was arrested after the girl disclosed several incidents of alleged sexual abuse.
00:27Police seized his iPhone and Apple MacBook, where they allegedly found Eshman's search
00:32history, which included search terms like child behaviours after grooming, child behaviours
00:37after touching and the definition of pedophilia.
00:41His barrister told the jury of 12 on Monday that the allegations never happened.